CVE-2021-26434 (GCVE-0-2021-26434)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-15 11:23 – Updated: 2026-08-10 15:10
VLAI
Title
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • Elevation of Privilege
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2021-09-14 14:00
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