CVE-2020-0793
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector...
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2020-0793- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2020-0793- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-2280 No score
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
EUVD-2020-2280- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cp8g-495j-p236 No score
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector...
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
GHSA-cp8g-495j-p236- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft visual studio
- microsoft visual studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.1 - 15.8)
- microsoft visual studio 2019
- microsoft visual studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
- microsoft visual studio 2015
- microsoft visual studio 2017
- microsoft windows
- microsoft windows 10 version 1903 for 32-bit systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1903 for arm64-based systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1903 for x64-based systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909 for 32-bit systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909 for arm64-based systems
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History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-0793 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Visual Studio, published March 12, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.79%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.