Vigil@nce - Microsoft Visual Studio: privilege escalation via Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service
November 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Visual Studio.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 11/09/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Diagnostics Hub Standard
Collector Service of Microsoft Visual Studio, in order to escalate
his privileges.
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