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    2 vulnerabilities found for SQL Server Management Studio 20.2 by Microsoft

    CVE-2025-29803 (GCVE-0-2025-29803)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-12 01:32 – Updated: 2026-02-13 19:33
    VLAI
    Title
    Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    Summary
    Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
    Severity
    7.3 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Date Public
    2025-04-08 07:00
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2025-29803 (GCVE-0-2025-29803)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-04-12 01:32 – Updated: 2026-02-13 19:33
    VLAI
    Title
    Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    Summary
    Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
    Severity
    7.3 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Date Public
    2025-04-08 07:00
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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