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CVE-2019-1211

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code in the context of another local user.To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to modify Git configuration files on a system prior to a full installation of the application. The attacker would then need to convince another user on the system to execute specific Git commands.The update addresses the issue by changing the permissions required to edit configuration files.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.3
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.426

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2017 15.9Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.0Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2019-1211,CVE-2019-1232 are affected in Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.2Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 -Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 15.9Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2019 16.0Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2019-1211,CVE-2019-1232 are affected in Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2019 16.2Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2017 -Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2017 15.9Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2019 16.0Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2019-1211,CVE-2019-1232 are affected in Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2019 16.2Windows

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234