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CVE-2020-0900 json

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio Extension Installer Service improperly handles file operations, aka '…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-2368

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio Extension Installer Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Visual Studio Extension Installer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Patch / fix

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Exploit prediction

0.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.1 - 15.8)
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)

References

Sources

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