Security Update for Visual Studio 2019 (April 2022) (macOS) - Nessus

Medium Plugin ID: 159887

This page contains detailed information about the Security Update for Visual Studio 2019 (April 2022) (macOS) Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.

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Plugin Overview
Vulnerability Information

Synopsis
Description
Solution

Public Exploits
Risk Information
Plugin Source
How to Run
References
Version

Plugin Overview

ID: 159887
Name: Security Update for Visual Studio 2019 (April 2022) (macOS)
Filename: macos_ms22_apr_visual_studio.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2022-04-12
This Plugin Published: 2022-04-19
Last Modification Time: 2022-04-26
Plugin Version: 1.2
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks
Dependencies: visual_studio_mac_installed.nbin
Required KB Items [?]: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Visual Studio

Vulnerability Information

Severity: Medium
Vulnerability Published: 2022-04-12
Patch Published: 2022-04-12
CVE [?]: CVE-2020-8927, CVE-2022-24513
CPE [?]: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio

Synopsis

The remote host has an application installed that is missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities including the following:

- An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2022-24513)

- A buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to trigger crash in the system. (CVE-2020-8927)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue: - Update 8.10.22.11 for Visual Studio 2019 - Update 17.0.0.8567 for Visual Studio 2022

Public Exploits

Target Network Port(s): N/A
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (GitHub)
Exploit Ease: Exploits (PoCs) are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the Security Update for Visual Studio 2019 (April 2022) (macOS) vulnerability:

GitHub: https://github.com/jaydenaung/CloudGuard-ShiftLeft-CICD-AWS
[CVE-2020-8927]

Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.

WARNING: Beware of using unverified exploits from sources such as GitHub or Exploit-DB. These exploits and PoCs could contain malware. For more information, see how to use exploits safely.

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source [?]: CVE-2020-8927
CVSS V2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Base Score:	6.4 (Medium)
Impact Subscore:	4.9
Exploitability Subscore:	10.0
CVSS Temporal Score:	4.7 (Medium)
CVSS Environmental Score:	NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:	NA
Overall CVSS Score:	4.7 (Medium)

CVSS V3 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Base Score:	6.5 (Medium)
Impact Subscore:	2.5
Exploitability Subscore:	3.9
CVSS Temporal Score:	5.7 (Medium)
CVSS Environmental Score:	NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:	NA
Overall CVSS Score:	5.7 (Medium)

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Plugin Source

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the Microsoft Security Updates API. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
##

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(159887);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/26");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-8927", "CVE-2022-24513");

  script_name(english:"Security Update for Visual Studio 2019 (April 2022) (macOS)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host has an application installed that is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Microsoft Visual Studio Products installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. 
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities including the following:

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges. 
    (CVE-2022-24513)

  - A buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to trigger crash in the system. 
    (CVE-2020-8927)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported
version");
  # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/mac-release-notes-preview#17.0.0-pre.9
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?42c6b349");
  # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2019-mac-relnotes#8122
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3cbcc207");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
        - Update 8.10.22.11 for Visual Studio 2019
        - Update 17.0.0.8567 for Visual Studio 2022");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-8927");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/04/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/04/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/04/19");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("visual_studio_mac_installed.nbin");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Visual Studio", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MacOSX/Version");

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/MacOSX/Version')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'macOS / Mac OS X');

var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'Visual Studio');
vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:2);

var constraints = [
  {'product': '2019', 'min_version': '8.10', 'fixed_version': '8.10.22.11'},
  {'product': '2022', 'min_version': '17.0', 'fixed_version': '17.0.0.8567'}
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);

The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:

Linux / Unix:
/opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/macos_ms22_apr_visual_studio.nasl
Windows:
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\macos_ms22_apr_visual_studio.nasl
Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/macos_ms22_apr_visual_studio.nasl

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How to Run

Here is how to run the Security Update for Visual Studio 2019 (April 2022) (macOS) as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):

Click to start a New Scan.
Select Advanced Scan.
Navigate to the Plugins tab.
On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
On the left side table select MacOS X Local Security Checks plugin family.
On the right side table select Security Update for Visual Studio 2019 (April 2022) (macOS) plugin ID 159887.
Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
Run the scan.

Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.

Basic usage:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl macos_ms22_apr_visual_studio.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a macos_ms22_apr_visual_studio.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - macos_ms22_apr_visual_studio.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state macos_ms22_apr_visual_studio.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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References

See also:

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Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file macos_ms22_apr_visual_studio.nasl version 1.2. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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Security Update for Visual Studio 2019 (April 2022) (macOS) - Nessus

Plugin Overview

Vulnerability Information

Synopsis

Description

Solution

Public Exploits

Risk Information

Plugin Source

How to Run

References

Version

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