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
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 20.2 Affected: 20.0 , < 20.2.37.0 (custom)
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Date Public ?
2025-04-08 07:00
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