CVE-2025-29803
Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 20.2.37.0, 16.0.35907.0, 17.0.35906.0
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 20.2
From 20.0 · fixed in 20.2.37.0
- Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA)
From 16.0 · fixed in 16.0.35907.0
- Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA)
From 17.0 · fixed in 17.0.35906.0
- Microsoft VSTA 2019 SDK
From 16.0 · fixed in 16.0.35907.0
- Microsoft VSTA 2022 SDK
From 17.0 · fixed in 17.0.35906.0