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CVE-2025-29803

Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: April 12, 2025 at 01:32 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:05 AM UTC
6 products affected across 1 vendorSQL Server Management StudioVisual Studio Tools for Applications 2019Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2022 SDK

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management 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.

SQL Server Management Studio· Microsoft
95%
v < 20.2.120.0 ≤ v < 20.2.37.020.0
Affected range stops below 20.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 20.2.37.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2019· Microsoft
95%
v < 16.0.35907.0
Affected range stops below 16.0.35907.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2019 SDK· Microsoft
95%
v < 16.0.35907.016.0 ≤ v < 16.0.35907.016.0
Affected range stops below 16.0.35907.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2022· Microsoft
95%
v < 17.0.35906.0
Affected range stops below 17.0.35906.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2022 SDK· Microsoft
95%
v < 17.0.35906.017.0 ≤ v < 17.0.35906.017.0
Affected range stops below 17.0.35906.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Visual Studio Tools for Applications· Microsoft
60%
16.0 ≤ v < 16.0.35907.017.0 ≤ v < 17.0.35906.016.017.0
Affected range stops below 16.0.35907.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.0.35906.0, 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-2025-29803

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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