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CVE-2025-21206:
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Overview
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-21206, was disclosed on February 11, 2025. This vulnerability affects Microsoft Visual Studio Installer and is related to uncontrolled search path elements (NVD, CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (HIGH), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The technical classification identifies it as CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element) (NVD).
Impact
This elevation of privilege vulnerability in Visual Studio Installer could potentially allow an attacker to gain higher privileges on the affected system, with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability as indicated by the CVSS scoring (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has acknowledged the vulnerability and provided information through their Security Update Guide (Microsoft Security).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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