Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2020-16856ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:65397 | Date: (C)2020-09-09 (M)2024-01-08 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio when it improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to convince a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Visual Studio.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 11 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Product: |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 |