CVE-2020-0789

CVSS V2 Medium 6.6 CVSS V3 High 7.1

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio Extension Installer Service improperly handles hard links, aka 'Visual Studio Extension Installer Service Denial of Service Vulnerability'.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-0789

Assigner
secure@microsoft.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-03-12T16:15:15

Last Modified Date
2020-03-17T11:48:02

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-59	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019::::::::	1	OR	16.0	16.4

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
6.6

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
9.2

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.1

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.2

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0789	Patch Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0789
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0789

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:47:12				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 12:37:25	2020-03-12T16:15Z	2020-03-12T16:15:15	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 12:37:25		2020-03-17T11:48:02	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 12:37:25		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated