Microsoft Visual Studio Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to locally elevate privileges due to improper access control.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized privilege escalation, allowing a user to gain elevated rights or access within the application or system.

Added: Jun 9, 2025, 7:46 PM
Updated: Jun 9, 2025, 7:46 PM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
7.8
impact
2.5
exploitability
3.3
remediation
0.0
relevance
0.0
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
0.8

Our algorithm analyzes dozens of metrics to generate these 8 key vulnerability categories, which are then combined to calculate the overall risk score.