PT-2019-2712 · Microsoft · Visual Studio

Published 2019-07-09 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-1079

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to the improper restriction of XML external entity references in Microsoft Visual Studio, which can lead to information disclosure. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted XML file to read arbitrary files.

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

XXE

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-02648

CVE-2019-1079

Affected Products

Visual Studio

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1079 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-02648 · Security Note