CVE-2020-0789 is a denial of service vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, stemming from the Extension Installer Service improperly handling hard links. It carries a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and potentially leading to high impact on integrity and availability. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) has been identified, it has received limited community discussion and media coverage, primarily noted in a BleepingComputer article regarding Microsoft's March 2020 Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 16.0, <= 16.4CPE 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.