description: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files, aka 'Git for Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
problem types: Elevation of Privilege
affected:
{
product: Microsoft Visual Studio
vendor: Microsoft
versions:
status: affected, version: 2017
}
{
product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
vendor: Microsoft
versions:
status: affected, version: version 15.9
}
{
product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
vendor: Microsoft
versions:
status: affected, version: 16.0
status: affected, version: 16.2
}
