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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-24998
CVE-2025-24998:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. This vulnerability was assigned CVE-2025-24998 and was disclosed on March 11, 2025. The vulnerability affects Microsoft Visual Studio and its installer components (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 vulnerability is classified under CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element) (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an authorized attacker to elevate their privileges on the local system, potentially gaining higher levels of access to system resources and sensitive data (ZDI).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability as part of their March 2025 Patch Tuesday updates. Users are advised to apply the latest security updates to affected Visual Studio installations (ZDI).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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