CVE-2019-1425 Path traversal in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
Attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting improper hardlink validation during file extraction in Visual Studio.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-1425?
CVE-2019-1425 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, published on 12 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Visual Studio fails to properly validate hardlinks while extracting archived files, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1425?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, Microsoft Visual Studio 2019.
How do I fix CVE-2019-1425?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1425 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-2019-1425 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1425 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- 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-r2h3-mjxh-65r2.