PT-2020-4695 · Microsoft · Visual Studio

Published 2020-11-10 · Updated 2023-12-31 · CVE-2020-17100

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in Microsoft Visual Studio, allowing an attacker to bypass security restrictions and elevate their privileges.

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:2020-05247

CVE-2020-17100

Affected Products

Visual Studio

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17100 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-05247 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-17100 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17100 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17100 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2020111069 · Note