Privilege escalation in Microsoft Visual Studio and CBL Mariner

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU79332

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32002

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions for the Module._load() method. A remote attacker can bypass the policy mechanism and include modules outside of the policy.json definition for a given module.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

CBL Mariner: 2.0

Visual Studio: 16.0 - 2019 version 16.11

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:cbl_mariner:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:16.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2023-32002

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.