CVE-2025-49739 (GCVE-0-2025-49739)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-08 16:58
Modified
2025-08-05 18:12
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Summary
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) Version: 15.9.0   < 15.9.75
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