CVE-2021-42319: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.7)

CVSS Vector

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

Category

Elevation of Privilege

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2021-Nov

Released

2021-11-09

EPSS Score

0.22% (percentile: 45.2%)

Affected Products (4)

Developer Tools

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)

Security Updates (4)

• Release Notes
• Release Notes
• Release Notes
• Release Notes

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://labs.redyops.com/">Ilias Dimopoulos of RedyOps Research Labs</a> with <a href="https://neurosoft.gr/">Neurosoft S.A</a>

Revision History

• 2021-11-09: Information published.