Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (May 2019)

high Nessus Plugin ID 125255

Synopsis

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by an elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector allows file deletion in arbitrary locations. (CVE-2019-0727)

Solution

Microsoft has released KB4489639 to address this issue.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d4bf4a61

http://www.nessus.org/u?30855885

http://www.nessus.org/u?58af435b

http://www.nessus.org/u?a54d8657

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 125255

File Name: smb_nt_ms19_may_visual_studio.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 5/17/2019

Updated: 12/5/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0727

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible, installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0727

BID: 108225

MSFT: MS19-4489639

MSKB: 4489639