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CVE-2025-55240

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
Publication date:
14/10/2025
Last modified:
17/10/2025

Description

Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.30 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.30
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 15.0 (including) 15.9.77 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 16.0 (including) 16.11.52 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 17.10.0 (including) 17.10.20 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 17.12.0 (including) 17.12.13 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 17.14.0 (including) 17.14.17 (excluding)

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