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CVE-2023-36759:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2023-36759) was disclosed and patched in September 2023. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Visual Studio including Visual Studio 2022 versions 17.6, 17.7, 17.4, Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10), and Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 (Microsoft Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS base score of 6.7 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Microsoft has classified this as an elevation of privilege vulnerability, specifically related to untrusted pointer dereference (CWE-822) (NVD).
Impact
An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could elevate privileges to SYSTEM assigned integrity level (Qualys).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to the latest versions of Visual Studio. The patches are available through the standard Microsoft update channels (Microsoft Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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