CVE-2024-20656

Published: Jan 9, 2024

Modified: May 3, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)	affected `15.9.0 - < 15.9.59`
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2	affected `17.2.0 - < 17.2.23`
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)	affected `16.11.0 - < 16.11.33`
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4	affected `17.4.0 - < 17.4.15`
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6	affected `17.6.0 - < 17.6.11`
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3	affected `14.0.0 - < 14.0.27560.00`

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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