Vulnerability Name:

CCN-220681

Published:2022-03-01
Updated:2022-03-01
Summary:Microsoft Visual Studio is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the installer. By creating a specially-crafted symbolic link, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite a file to cause a denial of service condition on the system.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H)
4.7 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ms-visual-linkfollowing02-dos(220681)

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Web site
Visual Studio

Source: CCN
Type: ZDI-22-427
(0Day) Microsoft Visual Studio Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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    microsoft visual studio -