Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (May 2021)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149436

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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 the multiple vulnerabilities, including the following:

- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands (CVE-2021-27068).

- A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Visual Studio. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this to escalate their privileges of an affected system (CVE-2021-31204)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
- Update 15.9.36 for Visual Studio 2017
- Update 16.4.22 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.7.15 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.9.5 for Visual Studio 2019

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149436

File Name: smb_nt_ms21_may_visual_studio.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

Published: 5/12/2021

Updated: 1/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-27068

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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: 5/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27068, CVE-2021-31204

IAVA: 2021-A-0220-S

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