An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio Extension Installer Service improperly handles file operations, aka Visual Studio Extension Installer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual_studio_2015 | Microsoft | update_3 (including) | update_3 (including) |
| Visual_studio_2017 | Microsoft | 15.9 (including) | 15.9 (including) |
| Visual_studio_2019 | Microsoft | 16.0 (including) | 16.0 (including) |
| Visual_studio_2019 | Microsoft | 16.4 (including) | 16.4 (including) |
| Visual_studio_2019 | Microsoft | 16.5.0 (including) | 16.5.0 (including) |