CVE-2024-29060
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 58th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.9% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 58th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
7 events over 769 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- OpenVAS check added
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified
Affected products
- visual studio 2017DevTools & CI / ide-editor
- visual studio 2019Operating Systems
- visual studio 2022DevTools & CI / ide-editor
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2022DevTools & CI / ide-editor
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2017DevTools & CI / ide-editor
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019DevTools & CI / ide-editor
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)DevTools & CI / ide-editor
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)DevTools & CI / ide-editor
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Scored 6.7 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity HighRequires specific conditions like a race condition or non-default configuration
- Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
- User Interaction RequiredA user must click a link, open a file, or perform some action
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
- Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
- Availability LowReduced performance or intermittent disruption of service
Weaknesses
Sources
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