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CVE-2025-25003

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: March 11, 2025 at 04:59 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:59 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorVisual Studio 2022Visual Studio 2019

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected

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

Visual Studio 2019· Microsoft
95%
16.0 ≤ v < 16.11.4516.11.0 ≤ v < 16.11.4516.11.0
Affected range stops below 16.11.45, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Visual Studio 2022· Microsoft
95%
17.10.0 ≤ v < 17.10.1217.12.0 ≤ v < 17.12.617.13.0 ≤ v < 17.13.317.8.0 ≤ v < 17.8.1917.10.017.12.017.13.017.8.0
Affected range stops below 17.10.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.12.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.13.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.8.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor AdvisoryPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-25003

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.3HIGHmicrosoft
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-427

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