CVE-2025-49739
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
HIGH 8.8
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.95 % · percentile 61 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- microsoft
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-59 — Link Following
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C | microsoft |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-20538
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-49739
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0579 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Microsoft · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2015:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 15.0 < 15.9.75cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 16.0 < 16.11.49cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 17.8.0 < 17.8.23cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 17.10.0 < 17.10.17cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 17.12.0 < 17.12.10cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 17.14.0 < 17.14.8
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 | affected 14.0.0 < 14.0.27564.0 |
| Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) | affected 15.9.0 < 15.9.75 |
| Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) | affected 16.11.0 < 16.11.49 |
| Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 | affected 17.10.0 < 17.10.17 |
| Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 | affected 17.12.0 < 17.12.10 |
| Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 | affected 17.14.0 < 17.14.8 |
| Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8 | affected 17.8.0 < 17.8.23 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |