CVE-2025-24998 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker with local access can elevate privileges by exploiting an uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio.
- 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-2025-24998?
CVE-2025-24998 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, published on 11 Mar 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
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24998?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, Microsoft Visual Studio 2022.
How do I fix CVE-2025-24998?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24998 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-24998 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24998 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-565c-x77x-j8h4.