CVE-2022-35826
Published: 09 August 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-35826 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 7.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-35826 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Visual Studio. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 with an attack vector of network, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the flaw by convincing a target to open or interact with specially crafted content, enabling arbitrary code execution on the affected system with the privileges of the logged-in user.
Microsoft Security Response Center advisories at the referenced URLs provide official guidance on available patches and mitigation steps for the vulnerability.
The associated EPSS score reached a peak of 0.0953 with a current value of 0.0780.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-38699
Vulnerability details
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.