Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Visual Studio - CVE-2023-36758
Published: September 12, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80677
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36758
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Visual Studio
Visual Studio
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in Visual Studio, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-36758
Install updates from vendor's website.