Vulnerabilites related to Microsoft - Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA)
CVE-2025-29803 (GCVE-0-2025-29803)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-04-12 01:32
Modified
2025-06-04 17:53
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Summary
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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