Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-43590

CVE-2024-43590:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Visual C++ Redistributable Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2024-43590) affects multiple versions of Microsoft Visual Studio, including Visual Studio 2017, 2019, and 2022. The vulnerability was disclosed in October 2024 and impacts the Visual C++ Redistributable Installer component (Microsoft Update).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability requires local access, low attack complexity, and low privileges to exploit, with no user interaction needed. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) (NVD).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the affected system, potentially compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system (Microsoft Update).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Affected versions include Visual Studio 2017 (versions 15.0 to 15.9.67), Visual Studio 2019 (versions 16.0 to 16.11.41), and Visual Studio 2022 (various versions including 17.6.0 to 17.6.20, 17.8.0 to 17.8.15, 17.10.0 to 17.10.8, and 17.11.0 to 17.11.5). Users are advised to update to the latest version of their respective Visual Studio installations (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

Free Vulnerability Assessment

Benchmark your Cloud Security Posture

Evaluate your cloud security practices across 9 security domains to benchmark your risk level and identify gaps in your defenses.

Request assessment

Additional Wiz resources

Cloud Vulnerability DB

An open project to list all known cloud vulnerabilities and Cloud Service Provider security issues

Cloud threat landscape

A comprehensive threat intelligence database of cloud security incidents, actors, tools and techniques

PEACH

A step-by-step framework for modeling and improving SaaS and PaaS tenant isolation

Get a personalized demo

Ready to see Wiz in action?

“Best User Experience I have ever seen, provides full visibility to cloud workloads.”

David EstlickCISO

“Wiz provides a single pane of glass to see what is going on in our cloud environments.”

Adam FletcherChief Security Officer

“We know that if Wiz identifies something as critical, it actually is.”

Greg PoniatowskiHead of Threat and Vulnerability Management

Get a demo