CVE-2021-26434
HighCVSS 7.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk54th percentile - higher than 54% of all known CVEs
Summary
Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in Visual Studio. Allows an attacker to gain higher privileges in the development environment.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could execute malicious code with user privileges, potentially compromising project integrity.
Recommendation
Install the latest Visual Studio updates provided by Microsoft.
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Original NVD description (English source)
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability