Visual Studio Extension Installer Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio Extension Installer Service improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause a target system to stop responding.

To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would allow an attacker to overwrite system files.

The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Visual Studio Extension Installer Service handles hard links.