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Critical MSRC-CVE-2023-23381 1 CVE

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Feb 14, 2023 · Updated Jun 13, 2023 · Revision 4

Vendor: Microsoft

Summary

Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Critical. 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.

Security updates
16.11.24 — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes-v16.11
17.0.19 — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes-v17.0
17.2.13 — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
15.9.52 — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes
17.4.5 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
12.0.40700.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5026610
14.0.27555.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5025792

Vulnerabilities 1

Revision history

  1. #3

    In the Security Updates table, added Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 and Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 as they are affected by this vulnerability. Microsoft strongly recommends that customers install the updates to be fully protected from the vulnerability.

  2. #4

    In the Security Updates table, added Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 and Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 as they are affected by this vulnerability. Microsoft strongly recommends that customers install the updates to be fully protected from the vulnerability.

  3. #2

    Updated one or more CVSS scores for the affected products. This is an informational change only.

  4. #1

    Information published.

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