CVE-2012-0008 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious add-in in a directory searched by Visual Studio, requiring user interaction to load it.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-0008?
CVE-2012-0008 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio, published on 13 Mar 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1, 2010, and 2010 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse add-in in an unspecified directory, aka "Visual Studio Add-In Vulnerability."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0008?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0008?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0008 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2012-0008 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0008 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-q9c6-m9p3-3gc7.