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Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (March 2020)

high Nessus Plugin ID 134381

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Visual Studio as it includes a reply URL that is not secured by SSL. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could compromise the access tokens, exposing security and privacy risks. (CVE-2020-0884)

 - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector allows file creation in arbitrary locations. (CVE-2020-0810)

 - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges. An attacker with unprivileged access to a vulnerable system could exploit this vulnerability. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service properly handles file operations. (CVE-2020-0793)

 - A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio Extension Installer Service improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause a target system to stop responding. (CVE-2020-0789)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
 - KB4538032
 - Update 15.9.21 for Visual Studio 2017
 - Update 16.0.12 for Visual Studio 2019
 - Update 16.4.6 for Visual Studio 2019

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?627290b1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 134381

File Name: smb_nt_ms20_mar_visual_studio.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 3/10/2020

Updated: 3/22/2024

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-2020-0810

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: 3/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-0789, CVE-2020-0793, CVE-2020-0810, CVE-2020-0884

MSFT: MS20-4538032

MSKB: 4538032