CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-0899
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-04-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions, aka 'Microsoft Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Affected configurations
• microsoft visual studio 2017 15.9
• microsoft visual studio 2019 16.0
• microsoft visual studio 2019 16.4
• microsoft visual studio 2019 16.5.0
References
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0899 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0899 Patch, Vendor Advisory