Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability - CVE-2019-1079ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:57364 | Date: (C)2019-07-11 (M)2023-12-19 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could create specially crafted XML data and convince an authenticated user to open the file.The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way that Visual Studio parses XML input.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Vista |
Microsoft Windows XP |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows 8 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Product: |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 |