Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (August 2019)

high Nessus Plugin ID 127855

Synopsis

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability :

- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code in the context of another local user. (CVE-2019-1211)

Solution

Microsoft has released security updates to address this issue.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?288bf144

http://www.nessus.org/u?53e51634

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a81d919

http://www.nessus.org/u?30e9f320

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 127855

File Name: smb_nt_ms19_aug_visual_studio.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 8/13/2019

Updated: 6/27/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1211

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: 8/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1211