High, CVSS 7.0NuGetPublished
Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-38081 | .NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2024-38081 · GHSA-hq7w-xv5x-g34j
- Affected
- NuGet microsoft.io.redist >= 4.6.0-preview.18571.3, <= 6.0.0
- Fixed in
- 6.0.1· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-38081 | .NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability <a name="executive-summary"</aExecutive summary Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in .NET 6.0 . This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability. A Vulnerability exist in Visual Studio installer on Windows OS where an unprivileged user is allowed to manipulate the Visual Studio installation resulting in elevation of privilege. Announcement Announcement for this issue can be found at https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/313 <a name="mitigation-factors"</aMitigation factors Microsoft has not identified any mitigating factors for this vulnerability. <a name="affected-software"</aAffected software Any .NET 6.0 application running on .NET 6.0.31 or earlier. <a name="affected-packages"</aAffected Packages The vulnerability affects any Microsoft .NET Core project if it…
Recommended action: Upgrade to 6.0.1 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.