CVE-2019-1211

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files, aka 'Git for Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

CVSS v3.0 7.3 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 3.7 LOW

7.3^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

3.7^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 1.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1211	Patch Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:15.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.2:::::::*

Information

Published : 2019-08-14 14:15

Updated : 2020-08-24 10:37

NVD link : CVE-2019-1211

Mitre link : CVE-2019-1211

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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Products Affected

microsoft

visual_studio_2017
visual_studio_2019

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