Privilege Elevation Vulnerability in Visual Studio by Microsoft
CVE-2025-24998

7.3HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Microsoft
Status
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.13
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.12
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 March 2025

What is CVE-2025-24998?

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio due to an uncontrolled search path element. A local attacker can exploit this flaw to gain elevated permissions on vulnerable installations, potentially allowing for unauthorized changes and access to sensitive system resources.

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Affected Version(s)

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) Unknown 15.9.0 < 15.9.71

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) Unknown 16.11.0 < 16.11.45

Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 Unknown 17.10 < 17.10.12

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.3
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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