Jan 2025: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-21405 Published on January 14, 2025

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

Exploitation:
NONE
Automatable:
NO
Technical Impact:
TOTAL

Weakness Type

What is an Authorization Vulnerability?

The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

CVE-2025-21405 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-21405

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Affected Versions

Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.55%
Percentile
46.22%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.