fkie_cve-2025-49739
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-07-08 17:16
Modified
2025-07-16 16:40
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49739Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft visual_studio 2015
microsoft visual_studio_2017 *
microsoft visual_studio_2019 *
microsoft visual_studio_2022 *
microsoft visual_studio_2022 *
microsoft visual_studio_2022 *
microsoft visual_studio_2022 *


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