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Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (September 2020)
high Nessus Plugin ID 140465
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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 elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector handles file operations. (CVE-2020-1133)
- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio when it improperly handles objects in memory. 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. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. (CVE-2020-16856, CVE-2020-16874)
- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector improperly handles data operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector handles data operations. (CVE-2020-1130)
Solution
Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:-KB4571480
-KB4571479
-KB4571481
-KB4576950
See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?1837f66d
http://www.nessus.org/u?40ae669c
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 140465
File Name: smb_nt_ms20_sep_visual_studio.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 9/10/2020
Updated: 12/5/2022
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16874
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: 9/8/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-1130, CVE-2020-1133, CVE-2020-16856, CVE-2020-16874