CVE-2021-42319 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00545.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Visual Studio 2017 Visual Studio 2019

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42319
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-42319

History

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.9:::::::*
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42319

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-11-10T00:47:41.000Z

Updated: 2026-08-19T16:27:05.049Z

Reserved: 2021-10-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-42319

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-10T01:19:49.740

Modified: 2026-08-19T17:18:02.957

Link: CVE-2021-42319

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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