CVE-2023-36758

Summary

CVE-2023-36758 is a newly disclosed Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio. An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability can escalate their privileges, potentially gaining administrative access to impacted systems. The vulnerability occurs due to inadequate input validation during the handling of certain file types. Microsoft has released a security update to address this issue, and users are strongly encouraged to install it as soon as possible to mitigate the risk. Failure to apply the patch may result in unauthorized access and potential data breaches.

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