Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2023-28262

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Visual Studio that could allow an attacker to gain elevated permissions on the affected system. This issue arises due to improper handling of certain operations within the application. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could give an attacker the ability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running Visual Studio, potentially leading to unauthorized access and manipulation of sensitive data. Users are advised to update to the latest version to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

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