CVE-2025-21206 Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit an uncontrolled search path element in the Visual Studio Installer to escalate privileges on the local system.
- 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-2025-21206?
CVE-2025-21206 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, published on 11 Feb 2025. 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
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-21206?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, Microsoft Visual Studio 2022.
How do I fix CVE-2025-21206?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-21206 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-21206 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21206 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-rg59-phq2-352q.