KLA11535 An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Developer Tools

An elevation of privilege vulnerability was found in Microsoft Developer Tools. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability to gain privileges.

Original advisories

CVE-2019-1211

Related products

Microsoft-Visual-Studio

CVE list

CVE-2019-1211 warning

KB list

Solution

Install necessary updates from the KB section, that are listed in your Windows Update (Windows Update usually can be accessed from the Control Panel)

Impacts

• PE

Privilege escalation. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to performing by abuser actions, which are normally disallowed for current role.

Affected Products

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.1 - 15.8)