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    CVE-2025-21206

    Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

    Published:Feb 11, 2025
    Last Modified:Feb 13, 2026
    EPS:Feb 11, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.01525
    CVSS Score:7.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Visual Studio 2017
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Visual Studio 2019
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Visual Studio 2022

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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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