CVE-2020-17100 is a tampering vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 and 2019. It carries a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high integrity impact without affecting confidentiality or availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 15.0, <= 15.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.0, <= 16.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.