CVE-2020-17156: Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CVSS Vector

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

Category

Remote Code Execution

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2020-Dec

Released

2020-12-08

EPSS Score

14.52% (percentile: 94.5%)

FAQ

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to convince a targeted user to clone a malicious repository from inside Visual Studio. Attacker-specified code would execute during the clone operation.

Affected Products (5)

Developer Tools

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)

Security Updates (5)

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Revision History

• 2020-12-08: Information published.