CVE-2025-21206
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- 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 Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2025-21206- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
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 - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-2276
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2025-2276- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rg59-phq2-352q
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-rg59-phq2-352q- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2025-21206- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft visual studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
- microsoft visual studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)
- microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.10
- microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.12
- microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.8
- microsoft visual studio 2017
- microsoft visual studio 2019
- microsoft visual studio 2022
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-2025-21206 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8), published February 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.69%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.