cve-2025-21206
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-02-11 17:58
Modified
2025-03-12 01:42
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
EPSS score ?
0.10% (0.25224)
Summary
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21206Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) Version: 15.9.0   < 15.9.70
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   Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) Version: 16.11.0   < 16.11.44
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   Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8 Version: 17.8.0   < 17.8.18
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   Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 Version: 17.10   < 17.10.11
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   Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 Version: 17.0   < 17.12.5
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