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CVE-2019-1425

Published: Nov 12, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-59
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
3.1%
Top 13.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Visual Studio fails to properly validate hardlinks while extracting archived files, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017Microsoft Corp
On-prem
Operating Systems / windows
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019Microsoft Corp
On-premDesktop App
DevTools & CI / ide-editor
node-tarNode.js FoundationOSS Libraries
fstreamNode.js FoundationOSS Libraries
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017Microsoft
On-prem
Operating Systems / windows
microsoft corpcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka microsoft corporation
node.js foundationoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka nodejs foundation, node foundation
microsoftcommercialUSOperating Systems
and 3 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1425
portal.msrc.microsoft.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1425
nvd.nist.gov
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/803
npmjs.com
and 2 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Nov 12, 2019
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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