Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SP1/2012 Update 5 vscontent File information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SP1/2012 Update 5. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component vscontent File Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-0537. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SP1/2012 Update 5 (Programming Tool Software). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component vscontent File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 01/08/2019. The weakness was shared 01/08/2019 by Security Team with Zero Day Initiative as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-0537 since 11/26/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue. The advisory points out:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly discloses arbitrary file contents if the victim opens a malicious .vscontent file. An attacker who took advantage of this information disclosure could view arbitrary file contents from the computer where the victim launched Visual Studio.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 121065 (Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (January 2019)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91497 (Microsoft Visual Studio Security Update for January 2019).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (121065) and SecurityFocus (BID 106390†). The entry VDB-128765 is related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 121065
Nessus Name: Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (January 2019)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Researcher: Security Team
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-0537 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-0537
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-128729
SecurityFocus: 106390 - Microsoft Visual Studio CVE-2019-0537 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/08/2019 22:08
Updated: 06/23/2023 09:18
Changes: 01/08/2019 22:08 (75), 04/26/2020 12:56 (7), 06/23/2023 09:18 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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