CVE-2021-36952 is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 and 2019. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction for exploitation, but a successful attack could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness despite its inactive status on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 15.0, <= 15.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.0, <= 16.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.