PT-2021-1611 · Microsoft · Visual Studio+2

Afang5472 + 3 · Published 2021-01-12 · Updated 2024-10-08 · CVE-2021-1680

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 Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insecure privilege management in the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector service of the Visual Studio software. It allows an attacker to elevate their privileges, potentially affecting the system.

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

LPE

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-00264

CVE-2021-1680

Affected Products

Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector

Visual Studio

Windows

References · 8

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1680 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-1680 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2021-1680 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-00264 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1680 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1680 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/8679 · Telegram Post
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-1680 · Note