Vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio
CVE-2020-0810
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector allows file creation in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system.An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.The update addresses the vulnerability by not permitting Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector to create files in arbitrary locations., aka 'Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
EPSS: 0.010 (60.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Microsoft Visual Studio — versions 2015 Update 3
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.9 (Includes 15.1 - 15.8) — versions unspecified
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 — versions 16.0
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.4 (Includes 16.0 - 16.3) — versions unspecified
- Microsoft Visual_studio_2015
- Microsoft Visual_studio_2017
- Microsoft Visual_studio_2019
- Microsoft Windows — versions 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows_10 — versions 1607, 1709, 1803
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 For 32-bit Systems — versions unspecified
References
- secure@microsoft.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-0810?
- CVE-2020-0810 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-03-12.
- How severe is CVE-2020-0810?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.