CVE-2021-43877 (GCVE-0-2021-43877)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-15 14:15 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
ASP.NET Core and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
ASP.NET Core and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Severity
CWE
- Elevation of Privilege
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
8 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6) |
Affected:
16.0.0 , < 16.7.23
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8) |
Affected:
15.0.0 , < 16.9.15
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) |
Affected:
16.11.0 , < 16.11.8
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0 |
Affected:
17.0.0 , < 17.0.3
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Microsoft | ASP.NET Core 3.1 |
Affected:
3.0 , < 3.1.22
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:asp.net_core:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Microsoft | ASP.NET Core 5.0 |
Affected:
5.0 , < 5.0.13
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:asp.net_core:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Microsoft | ASP.NET Core 6.0 |
Affected:
6.0 , < 6.0.101
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:asp.net_core:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.1 |
Affected:
17.0.0 , < 17.1.4
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2021-12-14 08:00
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