CVE-2020-0900

Medium

Description

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'.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Visual Studio
PublishedApr 15, 2020
First seenApr 15, 2020

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft visual_studio_2015update_3—
microsoft visual_studio_201715.9—
microsoft visual_studio_201916.0, 16.4, 16.5.0—

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