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CVE-2023-28262

📛 CVE Title

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Description

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

State
PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA)
microsoft
CVSS severity
HIGH
CVSS score
CVSS 7.8 / 10 7.8 7.8 / 10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Effective score
7.8 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
MSRC score
7.8 / 10 HIGH MS rating: Important · Elevation of Privilege
CWE(s)
CWE-122
Reserved
2023-03-13
Published
2023-04-11 07:00 UTC
Last updated
2023-04-11 07:00 UTC
Source
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2023/28xxx/CVE-2023-28262.json
Linked Threat
CVE-2023-28262 — Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

NVD published
2023-04-11 21:15:25 UTC
NVD last modified
2026-06-17 05:47:15 UTC
NVD CVSS v3.1
CVSS 7.8 / 10 7.8 7.8 / 10 HIGH source: secure@microsoft.com
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability subscore
1.8 / 10
Impact subscore
5.9 / 10
EPSS score
0.0044 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
EPSS percentile
35.93% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-07-27

NVD / KEV / EPSS data refreshed 2026-07-28 00:44 UTC. Re-run the 🛰 Backfill from NVD button above to refresh.

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID
EUVD-2023-31969
Assigner
microsoft
Published
Apr 11, 2023, 7:13:57 PM
Updated
Jan 23, 2025, 1:05:18 AM
EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1)
7.8 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
EUVD-reported EPSS
0.4600
Vendors
Microsoft
Products
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4 (17.4.0 <17.4.7)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.5 (17.5.0 <17.5.4)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) (16.11.0 <16.11.26)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0 (17.0.0 <17.0.21)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 (17.2.0 <17.2.15)
Aliases
GHSA-m6fr-ppmm-864c

ENISA description: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

EUVD references (1)

Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC

Microsoft's vendor-authoritative record from the Security Update Guide — its own CVSS score, impact, severity rating, exploit assessment, and KB-article fixes. Refreshed 2026-08-11 01:49 UTC (source: CVRF).

MS severity
Important
Impact
Elevation of Privilege
MS CVSS base score
7.8 / 10 (temporal 7.0)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Exploit assessment
Publicly Disclosed:No;Exploited:No;Latest Software Release:Exploitation Less Likely;DOS:N/A
Release
2023-Apr
Microsoft remediations / KB articles (5)
  • Release Notes — Vendor Fix / Security Update (fixed build 17.2.15)
  • Release Notes — Vendor Fix / Security Update (fixed build 16.11.26)
  • Release Notes — Vendor Fix / Security Update (fixed build 17.0.21)
  • Release Notes — Vendor Fix / Security Update (fixed build 17.4.7)
  • Release Notes — Vendor Fix / Security Update (fixed build 17.5.4)
Microsoft FAQ (1)

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?

An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain administrator privileges.

Affected products (5)
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 17.2.0 (affected) Unknown
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) 16.11.0 (affected) Unknown
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0 17.0.0 (affected) Unknown
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4 17.4.0 (affected) Unknown
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.5 17.5.0 (affected) Unknown

Affected products — CPE 2.3 (2) NVD

NVD's normalized CPE 2.3 matchers, used by vendor tools (vulnerability scanners, asset managers) for automated detection. Compare with the CNA's free-text "Affected products" section above.

  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor references (1)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

Web references (10)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

NVD-tagged references (2)

Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.

Remediations (15)

Remediations are stored against the linked Threat row; the list below is deduplicated across both pages.

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2023-28262.json.

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