CVE-2019-0727 Privilege escalation in Microsoft Visual Studio
An attacker with local access can exploit arbitrary file deletion in Visual Studio collectors to escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-0727?
CVE-2019-0727 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio, published on 16 May 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector allows file deletion in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector, Visual Studio Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0727?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2019.
How do I fix CVE-2019-0727?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-0727 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-0727 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0727 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visual Studio
- CVE-2025-49739 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2022-35777 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2022-35825 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2022-35826 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2022-35827 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4vgf-c8vc-m3fj.