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CVE-2023-28299

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28299 is a spoofing vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, 2019, and 2022. Rated as medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and low privileges, but does not involve user interaction, potentially leading to high integrity impact without affecting confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploit codes available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this vulnerability are minimal, with only one article mentioning it as part of Microsoft's April 2023 Patch Tuesday.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 15.0, < 15.9.54CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.0, < 16.11.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.0, < 17.0.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.2.0, < 17.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*
>= 17.4.0, < 17.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0054 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

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 (7)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)Fixed in: 15.9.54
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2Fixed in: 17.2.15
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)Fixed in: 16.11.26
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0Fixed in: 17.0.21
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4Fixed in: 17.4.7
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.5Fixed in: 17.5.4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Apr/CVE-2023-28299Important

Visual Studio Spoofing Vulnerability

Apr 11, 2023

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28299
PatchVendor Advisory