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CVE-2020-0899

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-15 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions, aka 'Microsoft Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8): 15.9
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019: 16.0, 16.4, 16.5.0
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.1 - 15.8): all versions
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3): all versions
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5: all versions
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019: 16.0

References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0899
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0899

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