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Microsoft Visual Studio: CVE-2021-42319: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Nov 9, 2021

Added

Jun 25, 2025

Modified

Mar 25, 2026

Description

Microsoft Visual Studio: CVE-2021-42319: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Solutions

microsoft-visual_studio_2017-upgrade-latest-ltsc_15_9microsoft-visual_studio_2019-upgrade-latest-ltsc_16_11microsoft-visual_studio_2019-upgrade-latest-ltsc_16_9microsoft-visual_studio_2019-upgrade-latest-ltsc_16_7

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42319
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-29294
CVE-2021-42319
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-42319
CWE-269
EUVD-EUVD-2021-29294

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