CVE-2019-1425

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 12, 2019 at 06:53 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:28 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorVisual Studio 2019Visual Studio 2017

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Visual Studio fails to properly validate hardlinks while extracting archived files, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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