Vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3

CVE-2020-1130

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector improperly handles data operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.</p> <p>An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector handles data operations.</p>

EPSS: 0.008 (52.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1130?
CVE-2020-1130 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2020-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2020-1130?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-1130 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.