CVE-2020-1416 json
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies, aka 'Visual St…
published 2020-07-14 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-12292
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 5.9%
- EPSS 5.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies, aka 'Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Patch / fix
- microsoft visual_studio_2017 15.9.25
- microsoft visual_studio_2019 16.0.16, 16.4.11, 16.6.4
- microsoft visual_studio_code 1.47.1
Exploit prediction
5.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 (includes 16.0 - 16.5)
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code
- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
- Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer
- Microsoft TypeScript
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
References
-
portal.msrc.microsoft.com
/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1416
patch, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-1416
- NVD CVE-2020-1416
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