CVE-2024-20656 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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CVE-2024-20656

CVE-2024-20656 is a Microsoft Visual Studio elevation-of-privilege vulnerability. Public sources indicate it stems from how Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector handles data operations, enabling a local attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges when exploiting Visual Studio components. The vulnerability i...

CVE-2024-20656 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Description of the security update for Visual Studio 2015 Update 3: January 9, 2024 (KB5030979)

Description of the security update for Visual Studio 2015 Update 3: January 9, 2024 KB5030979 Applies to: All Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 editions except Build Tools Summary An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists if the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector handles data operations...