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Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (July 2020)
high Nessus Plugin ID 138473
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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 remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio when the software fails to check the source markup of XML file input. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the process responsible for deserialization of the XML content. (CVE-2020-1147)
- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service fails to properly sanitize input, leading to an unsecure library-loading behavior. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application.
(CVE-2020-1393)
- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies. A local attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could inject arbitrary code to run in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vulnerability, a local attacker would need to plant malicious content on an affected computer and wait for another user to launch Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code. (CVE-2020-1416)
Solution
Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:- KB4567703
- Update 15.9.25 for Visual Studio 2017
- Update 16.0.16 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.4.11 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.6.4 for Visual Studio 2019
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 138473
File Name: smb_nt_ms20_jul_visual_studio.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 7/14/2020
Updated: 7/25/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1416
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 8.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/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 Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2020
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Metasploit (SharePoint DataSet / DataTable Deserialization)