CVE-2021-26434 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-26434

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8), Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3), Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6), Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8), Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)
Vulnerable Versions:
15.9.0, 16.0, 16.0.0, 15.0.0, 16.11.0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 15th, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.