Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 11, 2025· Updated Feb 13, 2026
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-24998
Description
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Affected products
7- Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)v5Range: 15.9.0
- Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)v5Range: 16.11.0
- Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10v5Range: 17.10.0
- Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12v5Range: 17.12.0
- Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13v5Range: 17.13.0
- Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8v5Range: 17.8.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24998mitrevendor-advisorypatch
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