fkie_cve-2025-55240
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-10-14 17:15
Modified
2025-10-17 15:42
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55240Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft visual_studio_2017 *
microsoft visual_studio_2019 *
microsoft visual_studio_2022 *
microsoft visual_studio_2022 *
microsoft visual_studio_2022 *


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