Visual C++ Redistributable Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-43590
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-10-08 18:15:26 UTC
Updated2026-07-07 15:55:16 UTC
DescriptionVisual C++ Redistributable Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-284 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | CWE-284 CWE-284: Improper Access Control

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Visual C Redistributable All All All All
Application Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 All All All All
Application Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.9 Includes 15.0 - 15.8 affected 15.9.0 15.9.67 custom Not specified
CNA Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.11 Includes 16.0 - 16.10 affected 16.11.0 16.11.41 custom Not specified
CNA Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.10 affected 17.10 17.10.8 custom Not specified
CNA Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.11 affected 17.11 17.11.5 custom Not specified
CNA Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.6 affected 17.6.0 17.6.20 custom Not specified
CNA Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.8 affected 17.8.0 17.8.15 custom Not specified
CNA Microsoft Visual C Redistributable Installer affected 10.0.0 14.40.33816 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43590 [email protected] msrc.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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