CVE-2025-29802 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29802

History

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Title		Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-427
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29802
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2025-04-08T17:24:13.959Z

Updated: 2025-04-16T00:42:13.193Z

Reserved: 2025-03-11T18:19:40.247Z

Link: CVE-2025-29802

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-04-08T18:38:55.463Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-04-08T18:16:06.017

Modified: 2025-04-09T20:03:01.577

Link: CVE-2025-29802

Redhat

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