CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2019-1211 — An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code in the context of another local user. To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to modify Git configuration files on a system prior to a full installation of the application. The attacker would then need to convince another user on the system to execute specific Git commands. The update addresses the issue by changing the permissions required to edit configuration files.
- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.3 (3.0)
- Published
- 2019-08-14
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- windows/system
Affected products
- microsoft / visual_studio_2017
- microsoft / visual_studio_2017 / 15.9
- microsoft / visual_studio_2019 / 16.0
- microsoft / visual_studio_2019 / 16.2
Matched remediation archetype
Privilege escalation and unsafe privilege management
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Check exposure
- Map service accounts, operating-system identities, roles, capabilities, impersonation, set-user transitions, and administrative helper paths.
- Determine whether untrusted users or lower-privilege processes can reach the affected transition or modify inputs it trusts.
- Review file, socket, registry, device, job, container, and cloud-role permissions used before and after privilege changes.
Remediate safely
- Apply the supported fix and redesign privileged operations as a minimal, authenticated, allowlisted interface.
- Drop privileges before processing untrusted input, verify the drop succeeds, and remove unnecessary roles, capabilities, and write permissions.
- Validate ownership and permissions at time of use and add explicit lower-to-higher privilege boundary tests.
Authoritative sources
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