CVE-2019-1077 Privilege escalation in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
An attacker can elevate privileges by exploiting improper file permission handling in the Visual Studio updater service.
- 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-2019-1077?
CVE-2019-1077 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, published on 15 Jul 2019. 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
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1077?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, Microsoft Visual Studio 2019.
How do I fix CVE-2019-1077?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1077 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-1077 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1077 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
- CVE-2025-21178 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2019-1349 Code injection in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
- CVE-2019-1350 Code injection in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
- CVE-2019-1352 Code injection in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
- CVE-2019-1354 Code injection in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v6mc-r5p8-5hxq.