KLA48843 Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Developer Tools

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Microsoft Developer Tools. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, gain privileges, spoof user interface.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

1. A remote code execution vulnerability in Visual Studio can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code.
2. An information disclosure vulnerability in Visual Studio can be exploited remotely to obtain sensitive information.
3. A remote code execution vulnerability in Visual Studio Code can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code.
4. An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Visual Studio can be exploited remotely to gain privileges.
5. A spoofing vulnerability in Visual Studio can be exploited remotely to spoof user interface.
6. A remote code execution vulnerability in .NET DLL Hijacking can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code.

Original advisories

CVE-2023-28296

CVE-2023-28263

CVE-2023-24893

CVE-2023-28262

CVE-2023-28299

CVE-2023-28260

Exploitation

Malware exists for this vulnerability. Usually such malware is classified as Exploit. More details.

Related products

Microsoft-Visual-Studio

CVE list

CVE-2023-28260 critical

CVE-2023-28296 critical

CVE-2023-28263 high

CVE-2023-24893 critical

CVE-2023-28262 critical

CVE-2023-28299 high

KB list

5025916

5025915

Solution

Install necessary updates from the KB section, that are listed in your Windows Update (Windows Update usually can be accessed from the Control Panel)

Impacts

• ACE

Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to executing by abuser any code or commands at vulnerable machine or process.

• OSI

Obtain sensitive information. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to capturing by abuser information, critical for user or system.

• PE

Privilege escalation. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to performing by abuser actions, which are normally disallowed for current role.

• SUI

Spoof user interface. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to changes in user interface to beguile user into inaccurate behavior.

Affected Products

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.5Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8).NET 6.0.NET 7.0Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)Visual Studio CodeMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0