CVE-2021-36952: Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/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

2021-Sep

Released

2021-09-14

EPSS Score

20.11% (percentile: 95.5%)

Affected Products (3)

Developer Tools

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

Security Updates (3)

• Release Notes
• Release Notes
• Release Notes

Acknowledgments

Wenguang Jiao working with <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/">Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative</a>

Revision History

• 2021-09-14: Information published.