CVE-2021-31204 (GCVE-0-2021-31204)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-05-11 19:11
Modified
2026-10-07 16:11
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • Elevation of Privilege
Summary
.NET and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft .NET Core 3.1 Version: 3.1   < 3.1.15-servicing.21214.3
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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   Microsoft .NET 5.0 Version: 5.0.0   < 5.0.6-servicing.21220.11
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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   Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8) Version: 15.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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   Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3) Version: 16.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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   Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6) Version: 16.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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   Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.9 Version: 8.0   < publication
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