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Description

Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-08-11 | Published 2025-10-14 | Updated 2025-10-14 | Assigner microsoft




HIGH: 7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Problem types

CWE-284: Improper Access Control

Product status

15.9.0 before 15.9.77
affected

16.11.0 before 16.11.52
affected

17.10.0 before 17.10.20
affected

17.12.0 before 17.12.13
affected

17.14.0 before 17.14.17
affected

References

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55240 (Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability) vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2025-55240)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-55240)

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