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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-0899

CVE-2020-0899

Description

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

Affected products

9
  • Microsoft/Visual Studio 2017
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:15.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Visual Studio4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.1 - 15.8)v5
    Range: unspecified
  • Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2019v5
    Range: 16.0
  • Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)v5
    Range: unspecified
  • Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5v5
    Range: unspecified

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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