CVE-2025-29803
Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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 Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-29803- 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-2025-10834
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-10834- 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-mxmx-4cj8-4596
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server...
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-mxmx-4cj8-4596- 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
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-29803- 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 sql server management studio
- microsoft sql server management studio 20.2
- microsoft visual studio tools for applications (vsta)
- microsoft visual studio tools for applications 2019
- microsoft visual studio tools for applications 2019 sdk
- microsoft visual studio tools for applications 2022
- microsoft visual studio tools for applications 2022 sdk
- microsoft vsta 2019 sdk
- microsoft vsta 2022 sdk
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-2025-29803 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) in Microsoft Sql Server Management Studio, published April 12, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.77%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.