7.3High

CVE-2025-21173.NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Microsoft .NET 8.0; Microsoft .NET 9.0; Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10; Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 Published: 2025-01-14 21:04 (1 year ago)

Description

.NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Weakness (CWE): CWE-379

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10	17.10.0 – < 17.10.10
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12	17.12.0 – < 17.12.4
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6	17.6.0 – < 17.6.22
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8	17.8.0 – < 17.8.17
microsoft	.net	8.0.0 – < 8.0.12
Microsoft	.NET 8.0	8.0.0 – < 8.0.12
Microsoft	.NET 9.0	9.0.0 – < 9.0.1
microsoft	visual studio 2022	17.12.0 – < 17.12.4

References and patches

.NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability vendor-advisorypatchVendor Advisory
https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2025-21173

CPE matches (NVD) (6)

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 17.6.0 < 17.6.22
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 17.8.0 < 17.8.17
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 17.10.0 < 17.10.10
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 17.12.0 < 17.12.4
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS score

7.3High

Source: microsoft · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

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

All scores (2)

cna	CVSS 3.1	7.3High
secure@microsoft.com	CVSS 3.1	7.3High

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

1.30%

higher than 71% of all CVEs

CISA assessment (SSVC)

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Timeline

ID reserved2024-12-05
Published2025-01-14 21:04
Reached IP-DB2026-10-25 00:02
Last updated2026-06-17 11:42

Assigned by (CNA): microsoft
NVD status: Modified

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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