Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Unlikely. Customer action: Required.
Details
According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that the target system be set up in a specific manner and the attacker to have knowledge of that setup.
According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R) and privileges required is Low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
An authorized attacker with standard user privileges could place a malicious file in an online directory or in a local network location and then wait for the user to run the file.
According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N) and the user interaction is required (UI:R). What is the target context of the remote code execution?
This attack requires a specially crafted file to be placed either in an online directory or in a local network location. When a victim runs this file, it loads the malicious DLL.
Security updates
17.12.9 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.1CVE-2025-47959 EPSS 11%
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2025-47959 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47959
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss