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high 7.3

CVE-2019-1211 json

Git for Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-9779

cvss
7.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code in the context of another local user. To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to modify Git configuration files on a system prior to a full installation of the application. The attacker would then need to convince another user on the system to execute specific Git commands. The update addresses the issue by changing the permissions required to edit configuration files.

Patch / fix

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Exploit prediction

1.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 3.7 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2

References

Sources

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