CVE-2025-24998 (GCVE-0-2025-24998)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-03-11 16:59
Modified
2025-05-19 21:38
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Summary
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13 Version: 17.10   < 17.13.3
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