PT-2020-3404 · Microsoft · Visual Studio+1

Zhiniang Peng · Published 2020-06-09 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-1257

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Description The issue is related to errors in file operation handling in the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service of Visual Studio. It allows an attacker to elevate their privileges.

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

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-03727

CVE-2020-1257

Affected Products

Visual Studio

Windows

References · 6

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1257 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1257 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03727 · Security Note