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 complexity is high (AC:H). What does this mean for this vulnerability?
Exploitation is not trivial for this vulnerability as it requires multiple steps: prompt injection, Copilot Agent interaction, and triggering a build.
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
17.14.17 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 6.7
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 locally.
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2025-62214 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-62214
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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