Vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
CVE-2019-1211
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code in the context of another local user. To exp…
EPSS: 0.017 (74.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 — versions 15.0
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.9 (Includes 15.0 - 15.8) — versions 15.9.0
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.0 — versions 16.0
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.2 — versions 16.0
- Microsoft Visual_studio_2017 — versions 15.9
- Microsoft Visual_studio_2019 — versions 16.0, 16.2
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secure@microsoft.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-1211?
- CVE-2019-1211 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2019-08-14.
- How severe is CVE-2019-1211?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-1211 known to be exploited?
- 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.