Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2020-16856

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Microsoft
Status
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.0
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 September 2020

What is CVE-2020-16856?

Affected Version(s)

Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Update 5 Unknown 11.0.0

Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 Unknown 12.0.0

Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 Unknown 14.0.0

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2020-16856 : Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability