VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-21206
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
HIGH 7.3EPSS 0.69%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.69% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-427
- Affected
- microsoft/visual studio 2017 · microsoft/visual studio 2019 · microsoft/visual studio 2022
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21206Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.