Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is a high-severity Microsoft Visual Studio remote code execution vulnerability. If a targeted user interacts with malicious content in an affected Visual Studio environment, an attacker could gain code execution with serious confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Executive priority
Treat this as a near-term patching priority for engineering environments. It has high potential impact, but the supplied evidence does not show confirmed active exploitation.
Technical view
CVE-2022-35777 is associated with CWE-94 and a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8. The vector indicates network reachability, low complexity, no privileges required, required user interaction, unchanged scope, and high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely on developer workstations, build machines, or shared environments running the listed affected Visual Studio 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, or 2022 versions.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not establish active exploitation, and this CVE is not marked KEV in the bundle. CVSS lists exploit code maturity as proof-of-concept, but no exploit mechanics are provided here.
Researcher notes
The bundle provides severity, affected Visual Studio families, CWE-94, and CVSS vector, but not trigger details. Avoid assuming exploit path, file type, or attack workflow beyond required user interaction.
Mitigation direction
- Apply the official Microsoft Visual Studio security update from MSRC.
- Inventory Visual Studio versions across developer and build systems.
- Prioritize affected systems that handle untrusted code or project files.
- Limit interaction with untrusted Visual Studio content until patched.
- Check Microsoft guidance for version-specific update paths.
Validation and detection
- Confirm installed Visual Studio versions against the affected product list.
- Verify the relevant Microsoft security update is installed.
- Run authenticated vulnerability scans where available.
- Review developer workstation and build image baselines.
- Document any unpatched exceptions and compensating controls.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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CWE-94: Code execution behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C2.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- Visual Studio Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityCVE reference · vendor-advisory
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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