CVE-2025-55240 (GCVE-0-2025-55240)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-14 17:00 – Updated: 2026-01-07 17:09
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Title
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Severity ?
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) Affected: 15.9.0 , < 15.9.77 (custom)
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