Description
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Published: 2025-03-11
Score: 7.3 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-6346 Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
History

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft visual Studio

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microsoft visual Studio
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft visual Studio

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00158}

 epss

{'score': 0.00239}

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft visual Studio 2017
Microsoft visual Studio 2019
Microsoft visual Studio 2022
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft visual Studio 2017
Microsoft visual Studio 2019
Microsoft visual Studio 2022

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Title Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-427
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}

Subscriptions

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Visual Studio 2019 Visual Studio 2022
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-13T19:38:44.851Z

Reserved: 2025-01-30T15:14:20.993Z

Link: CVE-2025-24998

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-11T18:26:25.924Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-03-11T17:16:37.670

Modified: 2025-07-01T19:59:22.330

Link: CVE-2025-24998

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Weaknesses