CVE-2025-29803 | Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Published: 2025-04-12 Last update: 2025-07-10 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-29803 is rated Moderate Risk (41.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-29803

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-17 0.49% 0.16% -0.33%
2 2026-02-06 0.22% 0.49% +0.27%
3 2026-01-06 — 0.22% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-29803

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.3 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.3 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-29803

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-29803

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft sql_server_management_studio < 20.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_management_studio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_tools_for_applications_2019 < 16.0.35907.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_tools_for_applications_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_tools_for_applications_2019_sdk < 16.0.35907.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_tools_for_applications_2019_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_tools_for_applications_2022 < 17.0.35906.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_tools_for_applications_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_tools_for_applications_2022_sdk < 17.0.35906.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_tools_for_applications_2022_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-29803

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