CVE-2025-55240 (GCVE-0-2025-55240)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-14 17:00
Modified
2025-11-04 20:03
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
Summary
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) Version: 15.9.0   < 15.9.77
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