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Microsoft Visual Studio: CVE-2024-20656: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 9, 2024
Added
Jun 25, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

Microsoft Visual Studio: CVE-2024-20656: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Solutions

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