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Visual Studio Tools for Applications Elevation of Privilege (CVE-2025-29803)

high Nessus Plugin ID 276819

Synopsis

A Microsoft development toolset on the remote Windows host is affected by privilege escalation.

Description

In VSTA 2019 (prior 16.0.35907.0) and VSTA 2022 (prior to 17.0.35906.0), the software contains a vulnerability (CVE-2025-29803) that could allow remote or local attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges within the host application, potentially compromising systems that rely on VSTA for automation or extensibility.
 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to VSTA 16.0.35907.0, 17.0.35906.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?961225e2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 276819

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_apr_vsta.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 11/25/2025

Updated: 11/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-29803

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_tools_for_applications

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-29803

IAVA: 2025-A-0247