PT-2019-4024 · Microsoft · Visual Studio

Published 2019-11-12 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-1425

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to errors in hardlink checking when extracting archived files, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to modify arbitrary files. This can be achieved by uploading a malicious package, tricking a user into opening a malicious project, or convincing a user to add a malicious package to an existing project.

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

Link Following

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-04585

CVE-2019-1425

Affected Products

Visual Studio

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1425 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1425 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04585 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1425 · Security Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/886 · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/803 · Note