Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-32702

CVE-2025-32702:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-32702 is a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability discovered in Visual Studio that was disclosed and patched as part of Microsoft's May 2025 Patch Tuesday security updates. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of Visual Studio 2022 and 2019, specifically versions from 16.0 up to 16.11.47 for Visual Studio 2019, and versions 17.10.0 up to 17.10.14 and 17.12.0 up to 17.12.8 for Visual Studio 2022 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a command injection flaw (CWE-77), specifically involving improper neutralization of special elements used in commands. It has been assigned a CVSSv3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The attack vector is local, though it can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker (NVD, Wiz).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an unauthorized attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system with local access. This could potentially lead to complete system compromise within the context of the Visual Studio application (Wiz).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security patches to address this vulnerability as part of their May 2025 Patch Tuesday updates. Users are strongly advised to apply the latest security updates to their Visual Studio installations (Tenable).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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