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High MSRC-CVE-2023-21568 1 CVE

Microsoft SQL Server Integration Service (VS extension) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Feb 14, 2023 · Updated Feb 23, 2023 · Revision 3

Vendor: Microsoft

Summary

Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?
The word Remote in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. This means an attacker or victim needs to execute code from the local machine to exploit the vulnerability.

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?
Exploitation of this vulnerability requires that an attacker convinces a user to open a maliciously crafted package file in Visual Studio.

Security updates
16.0.5035.3 — https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=SSIS.SqlServerIntegrationServicesProjects&ssr=false#overview
16.0.5035.3 — https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=SSIS.MicrosoftDataToolsIntegrationServices&ssr=false#overview

Vulnerabilities 1

Revision history

  1. #3

    Added FAQ information. This is an informational change only.

  2. #2

    In the Security Updates table, removed the versions of SQL Server that are not affected by this vulnerability, which is in the Microsoft SQL Server Integration Service (VS extension).

  3. #1

    Information published.

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