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.

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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