Detections
Analytics
Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (September 2021)
high Nessus Plugin ID 153428
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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. They are, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:- A permission assignment vulnerability exists in Visual Studio after installing the Game development with C++ and selecting the Unreal Engine Installer workload. The system is vulnerable to LPE during the installation it creates a directory with write access to all users. (CVE-2021-26434)
- A code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio due to incorrect memory handling. An unauthenticated, local attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-36952)
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 15.9.39 for Visual Studio 2017
- Update 16.4.26 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.7.19 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.9.11 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.11.3 for Visual Studio 2019
See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?1db01a4c
http://www.nessus.org/u?c03ca82f
http://www.nessus.org/u?ae9fc5ee
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 153428
File Name: smb_nt_ms21_sep_visual_studio.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 9/16/2021
Updated: 11/30/2023
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26434
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-36952
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio
Required KB Items: installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio, SMB/Registry/Enumerated
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-26434, CVE-2021-36952
IAVA: 2021-A-0430-S