Microsoft Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector CVE-2020-1202 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector fail to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector handle objects in memory.

Affected Applications

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0
Windows Server version 2004 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server version 1903 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 (includes 16.0 - 16.5)
Windows 10
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
Windows Server version 1909 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2019

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