7.8
HIGH
CVE-2023-21566
Microsoft Visual Studio Escalation of Privileges
Description

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 14, 2023, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 29, 2024, 3:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-21566 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft visual_studio_2017
2 Microsoft visual_studio_2019
3 Microsoft visual_studio_2022
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-21566.

URL Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21566 Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-21566 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-21566 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Microsoft Corporation CWE-73
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 28, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 23, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21566 No Types Assigned https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21566 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.0 up to (excluding) 15.9.52 *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 16.0 up to (excluding) 16.11.24 *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.0 up to (excluding) 17.0.19 *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.2 up to (excluding) 17.2.13 *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.4 up to (excluding) 17.4.5
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} -0.03%

score

0.08073

percentile

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