Git for Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - CVE-2019-1211ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:57971 | Date: (C)2019-08-15 (M)2024-05-29 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code in the context of another local user. To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to modify Git configuration files on a system prior to a full installation of the application. The attacker would then need to convince another user on the system to execute specific Git commands.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Product: |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 |