CVE-2024-20656

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected

Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 · Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4 · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6 · Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3

CVSS v3.1 MICROSOFT

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

3.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 90th percentile

Published

2024-01-09

Updated

2025-05-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• Wh04m1001/CVE-2024-20656136★ · 2024-01-14
• h4rithd/PrecompiledBinaries45★ · 2026-06-22

Security advisories

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20656

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2021-36934
• CVE-2022-3368
• CVE-2023-20178
• CVE-2023-21752
• CVE-2023-29343
• CVE-2023-36723