CVE-2024-20656 (GCVE-0-2024-20656)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-09 17:57 – Updated: 2025-05-03 01:46
VLAI?
Title
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public ?
2024-01-09 08:00
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