Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2019-1425 (CCN-170583)

Assigned:2018-11-26
Published:2019-11-12
Updated:2020-08-24
Summary:An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Visual Studio fails to properly validate hardlinks while extracting archived files, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
CVSS v3 Severity:6.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
5.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): None
7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.4 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:5.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-59
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2019-1425

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ms-visual-cve20191425-priv-esc(170583)

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security TechCenter - November 2019
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:15.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    microsoft visual studio 2017 15.9
    microsoft visual studio 2019 16.0
    microsoft visual studio 2017 16.0
    microsoft visual studio 2019 16.3