CVE-2024-29060 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability in Visual Studio to gain elevated privileges on the local system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-29060?
CVE-2024-29060 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, published on 11 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29060?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, Microsoft Visual Studio 2022.
How do I fix CVE-2024-29060?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-29060 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-29060 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29060 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-wpj8-988q-w333.