CVE-2024-43590: CWE-284: Improper Access Control in Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
CVE-2024-43590 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Visual C++ Redistributable Installer component of Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 versions 15. 0 through 15. 9. 0. The vulnerability is due to improper access control (CWE-284), allowing an attacker with limited privileges to gain higher privileges. This issue has a high severity with a CVSS score of 7. 8. An official fix is available from Microsoft to address this vulnerability.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2024-43590 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017's Visual C++ Redistributable Installer (versions 15.0 through 15.9.0). The root cause is improper access control (CWE-284), which could allow a user with limited privileges to elevate their privileges on the affected system. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8, indicating high severity, with impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official fix to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with limited privileges to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining full control over the affected system. This could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information, modification of system settings, and disruption of system availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the provided patch to affected versions of Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (15.0 through 15.9.0) to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.
CVE-2024-43590: CWE-284: Improper Access Control in Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
Description
CVE-2024-43590 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Visual C++ Redistributable Installer component of Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 versions 15. 0 through 15. 9. 0. The vulnerability is due to improper access control (CWE-284), allowing an attacker with limited privileges to gain higher privileges. This issue has a high severity with a CVSS score of 7. 8. An official fix is available from Microsoft to address this vulnerability.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.8high
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-43590 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017's Visual C++ Redistributable Installer (versions 15.0 through 15.9.0). The root cause is improper access control (CWE-284), which could allow a user with limited privileges to elevate their privileges on the affected system. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8, indicating high severity, with impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official fix to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with limited privileges to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining full control over the affected system. This could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information, modification of system settings, and disruption of system availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the provided patch to affected versions of Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (15.0 through 15.9.0) to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-08-14T01:08:33.548Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
Threat ID: 6a2867158dd33fbd85722dd7
Added to database: 6/9/2026, 7:18:45 PM
Last enriched: 6/9/2026, 9:41:43 PM
Last updated: 6/10/2026, 5:02:38 AM
Views: 4
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