FKIE_CVE-2025-21206

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-02-11 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:42
Severity
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 visual_studio_2017 *
microsoft visual_studio_2019 *
microsoft visual_studio_2022 *
microsoft visual_studio_2022 *
microsoft visual_studio_2022 *
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