Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Visual Studio - CVE-2023-36758

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Visual Studio - CVE-2023-36758

Published: September 12, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80677
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36758
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

Visual Studio

How to mitigate CVE-2023-36758

Install updates from vendor's website.

Visual Studio - update to 17.7.4 17.7.34031.279

External References

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