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Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (April 2021)
high Nessus Plugin ID 148552
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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 multiple vulnerabilities, including the following:- A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Microsoft Visual Studio's installer component. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this, to escalate privileges on an affected system (CVE-2021-27064).
- Several privilege escalation vulnerabilities exist in Microsoft Visual Studio's diagnostic hub standard collector service component. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit these, to escalate privileges on an affected system (CVE-2021-28313, CVE-2021-28321, CVE-2021-28322).
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:- KB5001292 (for Visual Studio 2015)
- Update 15.9.35 for Visual Studio 2017
- Update 16.4.21 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.7.14 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.9.4 for Visual Studio 2019
See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?65973f66
http://www.nessus.org/u?9a4be15a
http://www.nessus.org/u?4025edb6
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 148552
File Name: smb_nt_ms21_apr_visual_studio.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 4/14/2021
Updated: 7/25/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28322
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7
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:P/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 Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-27064, CVE-2021-28313, CVE-2021-28321, CVE-2021-28322