Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 17.8 / 17.10 / 17.12 / 17.13 Products (March 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 232738

Synopsis

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing security updates. They are, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including:

- An undisclosed ASP.NET Core and xVisual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2025-24070)

- An undisclosed Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2025-24998)

- An undisclosed Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2025-25003)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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:
- Update 17.8.19 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.10.12 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.12.6 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.13.3 for Visual Studio 2022

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 232738

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_mar_visual_studio_17_13_3.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

Published: 3/14/2025

Updated: 3/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24998

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible, SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-24070, CVE-2025-24998, CVE-2025-25003

IAVA: 2025-A-0178

Detections

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