CVE-2025-29803

Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 7.3 HIGHEPSS 0.6%CWE-427

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 7.3EPSS 0.6%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch referenciado

Lifecycle

12 Apr 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Affected products

Microsoft · SQL Server Management Studio 20.2 Microsoft · Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA)Microsoft · VSTA 2019 SDK Microsoft · VSTA 2022 SDK

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References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29803