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Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (July 2019)
high Nessus Plugin ID 126604
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Synopsis
The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:- An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration. (CVE-2019-1079)
- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in .NET software when the software fails to check the source markup of a file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. (CVE-2019-1113)
- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability overwrite arbitrary files with XML content in the security context of the local system. (CVE-2019-1077)
Solution
Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:-KB4506161
-KB4506162
-KB4506163
-KB4506164
See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?0160558d
http://www.nessus.org/u?8979a8ff
http://www.nessus.org/u?9d195815
http://www.nessus.org/u?e0583a4c
http://www.nessus.org/u?04ba0c0e
http://www.nessus.org/u?d6fee2f9
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 126604
File Name: smb_nt_ms19_jul_visual_studio.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 7/11/2019
Updated: 6/27/2022
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1113
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible, installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2019