#VU26880 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Visual Studio - CVE-2020-0899 

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#VU26880 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Visual Studio - CVE-2020-0899

Published: April 14, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26880
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-0899
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Visual Studio
Software vendor:
Microsoft

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the Microsoft Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions. A local user can control the files written by the updater and overwrite arbitrary files. 


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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