CVE-2019-1077 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 and 2019, stemming from improper file permission handling by the Visual Studio updater service. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), it requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) for an attacker to achieve high integrity impact (I:H), though confidentiality and availability are not affected. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing. Despite limited community discussion and media coverage, it was addressed in Microsoft's July 2019 Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
15.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:15.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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