CVE-2012-0008 (GCVE-0-2012-0008)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-03-13 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 18:09
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1, 2010, and 2010 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse add-in in an unspecified directory, aka "Visual Studio Add-In Vulnerability."
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