PT-2019-2711 · Microsoft · Visual Studio

Published 2019-07-09 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-1077

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Visual Studio (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Visual Studio updater service, which improperly handles file permissions. This could allow an attacker to modify arbitrary files using a specially crafted application.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-02647

CVE-2019-1077

Affected Products

Visual Studio

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1077 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-02647 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1077 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1077 · Vendor Advisory