4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
5.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
74.4%
The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing a security update. They are, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:
A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the OpenSSL component of Visual Studio. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to cause the application to stop responding. (CVE-2020-1971)
Multiple A privilege escalation vulnerabilities exist in Visual Studio. An unauthenticated, local attacker can exploit thees to gain privileged access to the system. (CVE-2021-42277, CVE-2021-42319)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(155018);
script_version("1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/29");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-1971", "CVE-2021-42277", "CVE-2021-42319");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0542-S");
script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2021-0004");
script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2021-0025");
script_name(english:"Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (November 2021)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing a security update. They are, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities:
- A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the OpenSSL component of Visual Studio. An
unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to cause the application to stop responding.
(CVE-2020-1971)
- Multiple A privilege escalation vulnerabilities exist in Visual Studio. An unauthenticated, local
attacker can exploit thees to gain privileged access to the system. (CVE-2021-42277, CVE-2021-42319)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes#16.11.5
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?7b09b8bb");
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes-v16.9#16.9.12
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?be578aea");
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes-v16.7#16.7.20
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5e24738f");
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes#15.9.41
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f1515479");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
- Update 15.9.41 for Visual Studio 2017
- Update 16.7.21 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.9.13 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 16.11.6 for Visual Studio 2019");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-42277");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-1971");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/10/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/10/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/11/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("microsoft_visual_studio_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio", "SMB/Registry/Enumerated");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
exit(0);
}
include('vcf_extras_visual_studio.inc');
get_kb_item_or_exit('SMB/Registry/Enumerated');
var app_info = vcf::visual_studio::get_app_info();
var constraints = [
{'product': '2017', 'fixed_version': '15.9.28307.1745'},
{'product': '2019', 'min_version': '16.0', 'fixed_version': '16.7.31828.227'},
{'product': '2019', 'min_version': '16.8', 'fixed_version': '16.9.31828.109'},
{'product': '2019', 'min_version': '16.10', 'fixed_version': '16.11.31829.152'}
];
vcf::visual_studio::check_version_and_report(
app_info: app_info,
constraints: constraints,
severity: SECURITY_WARNING
);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
microsoft | visual_studio | cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio |
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
5.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
74.4%