An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Related CVEs

CVE-2019-1077

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-v6mc-r5p8-5hxq

Published

May 24, 2022 4:50 PM

Last Modified

May 24, 2022 4:50 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: November 24, 2025 6:29 AM

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