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ghsa-78g9-438v-4f34

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-24 16:53

Modified

2022-05-24 16:53

Details

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files, aka 'Git for Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

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  "modified": "2022-05-24T16:53:34Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T16:53:34Z",
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cve-2019-1211

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2019-08-14 20:55

Modified

2024-08-04 18:13

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Summary

Git for Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1211	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
	Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
	Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0
	Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2

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