CVE-2025-55240
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper access control in Visual 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 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-55240- 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-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-34347
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-34347- 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-2r4x-qmjj-x52w
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges...
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-2r4x-qmjj-x52w- 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-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-55240- 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-284
- 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 17.14
- 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-2025-55240 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8), published October 14, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 31st percentile. No source names a fixed version.