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MS12-021: Vulnerability in Visual Studio Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2651019)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 58333
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Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a development application that is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.Description
The installed version of Microsoft Visual Studio does not properly validate add-ins in the path before loading them into the application.An attacker can elevate his privileges by placing a specially crafted add-in in the path used by Visual Studio and convincing a user with higher privileges to start Visual Studio.
Solution
Microsoft has released a set of patches for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1, 2010, and 2010 SP1.See Also
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-021
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 58333
File Name: smb_nt_ms12-021.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 3/13/2012
Updated: 1/10/2019
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-0008
BID: 52329