PT-2024-6836

CVE-2024-43590

Published

2024-10-08

Updated

2026-07-07

Description by

CVSS 3.1

7.8

High

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Visual C++ Redistributable Installer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient access restrictions in the Visual C++ Redistributable Installer, which is part of the Microsoft Visual Studio development environment. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to elevate their privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Impacts

Researchers

Sandro Poppi

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284: Improper Access Control

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CWE-264

Related identifiers

CVE-2024-43590