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    CVE-2023-36759

    Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

    Published:Sep 12, 2023
    Last Modified:Oct 30, 2025
    EPS:Sep 12, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00326
    CVSS Score:6.7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Visual Studio 2019
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Visual Studio 2022

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-822 Untrusted Pointer Dereference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-129 Pointer Manipulation

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High