CVE-2023-36759
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-36759- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-822
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-40702
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2023-40702- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-724g-5w99-h7cw
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-724g-5w99-h7cw- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-36759- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-822
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-36759 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10), published September 12, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.