High [CVE-2025-29803] Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
This high-severity Microsoft Server advisory covers CVE-2025-29803 affecting SQL Server Management Studio 20.2.
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Summary
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Tools for Applications and SQL Server Management Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Affected product named by the advisory: SQL Server Management Studio 20.2.
- SQL Server Management Studio 20.2 20.0 before 20.2.37.0
- Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) 16.0 before 16.0.35907.0
- Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) 17.0 before 17.0.35906.0
- VSTA 2019 SDK 16.0 before 16.0.35907.0
- VSTA 2022 SDK 17.0 before 17.0.35906.0
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
- 20.2.37.0
- 16.0.35907.0
- 17.0.35906.0
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 20.2.37.0, 16.0.35907.0, 17.0.35906.0. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
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