CVE-2025-21206

Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS v3 7.3 HIGH

7.3^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21206	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022::::::::

History

28 Feb 2025, 16:02

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019::::::::
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
Summary		(es) Vulnerabilidad de elevación de privilegios en el instalador de Visual Studio
References	~~() https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21206 -~~	() https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21206 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
First Time		Microsoft visual Studio 2017 Microsoft visual Studio 2022 Microsoft visual Studio 2019 Microsoft

11 Feb 2025, 18:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-02-11 18:15

Updated : 2025-02-28 16:02

NVD link : CVE-2025-21206

Mitre link : CVE-2025-21206

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-21206

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

visual_studio_2017
visual_studio_2019
visual_studio_2022

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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