Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (June 2020)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137271

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 elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector fail to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. (CVE-2020-1202, CVE-2020-1203)

- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges. An attacker with unprivileged access to a vulnerable system could exploit this vulnerability. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service properly handles file operations. (CVE-2020-1257, CVE-2020-1278, CVE-2020-1293)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
- KB4562053 (for Visual Studio 2015)
- Update 15.9.24 for Visual Studio 2017
- Update 16.0.15 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.4.10 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.6.2 for Visual Studio 2019

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?cefba37b

http://www.nessus.org/u?702c8c2e

http://www.nessus.org/u?9f7a8135

http://www.nessus.org/u?8a60d006

http://www.nessus.org/u?edec5481

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137271

File Name: smb_nt_ms20_jun_visual_studio.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 6/9/2020

Updated: 3/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1203

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1293

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: 6/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1202, CVE-2020-1203, CVE-2020-1257, CVE-2020-1278, CVE-2020-1293

IAVA: 2020-A-0257-S

MSFT: MS20-4562053

MSKB: 4562053