CVE-2024-20656 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.57016.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Visual Studio Visual Studio 2017 Visual Studio 2019 Visual Studio 2022

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2015:update3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022::::::::

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20656

History

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 18:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2022:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:17.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:17.4:::::::*

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2024-01-09T17:57:01.850Z

Updated: 2025-05-03T01:46:42.811Z

Reserved: 2023-11-28T22:58:12.114Z

Link: CVE-2024-20656

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:59:42.344Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-09T18:15:48.490

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:52:51.190

Link: CVE-2024-20656

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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