CVE-2020-17100
Visual Studio Tampering Vulnerability
5.5 Medium
Visual Studio Tampering 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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
0.81%Down 3.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Visual Studio Tampering Vulnerability
Visual Studio Tampering Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2020-17100- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-9055
Visual Studio Tampering Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2020-9055- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xq7x-mvh7-x544
Visual Studio Tampering Vulnerability
Visual Studio Tampering Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-xq7x-mvh7-x544- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Visual Studio Tampering Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2020-17100- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft visual studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
- microsoft visual studio 2019 version 16.0
- 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 16.8
- microsoft visual studio 2017
- microsoft visual studio 2019
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-17100 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8), published November 11, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.81%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.