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High
CVE-2025-29803
Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Vulnerability Description
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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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SQL Server Management Studio 20.2, Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA), VSTA 2019 SDK, VSTA 2022 SDK
Vulnerable Versions:
20.0, 16.0, 17.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 12th, 2025
Last Modified:
February 13th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C