CVE-2020-0810 Privilege escalation in Microsoft Visual Studio
An attacker with local access can exploit arbitrary file creation in Visual Studio collectors to gain elevated privileges and control the system.
- 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-2020-0810?
CVE-2020-0810 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, published on 12 Mar 2020. 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 creation in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system.An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.The update addresses the vulnerability by not permitting Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector to create files in arbitrary locations., aka 'Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-0810?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio 2015, Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2019.
How do I fix CVE-2020-0810?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-0810 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-0810 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-0810 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w654-3fww-qw57.