Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the privileges of the authenticated user. According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L), privileges are low (PR:L), and user interaction is required (UI:R). What is the target context of the remote code execution? This attack requires an authenticated attacker to place a specially crafted .dll file in a local network location. When a victim runs this file, it loads the malicious DLL.
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