Microsoft: >> Visual Studio 2019 >> 16.2 Security Vulnerabilities
A spoofing vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Live Share when a guest connected to a Live Share session is redirected to an arbitrary URL specified by the session host, aka 'Visual Studio Live Share Spoofing Vulnerability'.
CVSS Score
6.1
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2019-12-10
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations, aka 'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2019-09-11
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.
To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to modify Git configuration files on a system prior to a full installation of the application. The attacker would then need to convince another user on the system to execute specific Git commands.
The update addresses the issue by changing the permissions required to edit configuration files.
CVSS Score
7.3
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2019-08-14
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