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CVE-2019-1079

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-1079 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio, stemming from improper XML parsing in certain settings files. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to disclose sensitive information. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has garnered some community and media attention, including a mention in Microsoft's July 2019 Patch Tuesday.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2012CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2012:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2013:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
2015CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2015:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0612 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Update 5
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 5
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2019-Jul/CVE-2019-1079Important

Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Jul 9, 2019

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1079
PatchVendor Advisory