In today’s deep dive, we examine CVE-2025-24070—a newly identified elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting ASP.NET Core and Visual Studio. This security flaw, triggered by weak authentication protocols, enables unauthorized attackers to escalate their network privileges. Let’s unpack the...
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability: Uncontrolled Search Path Element Exposed
Microsoft’s Security Response Center recently detailed a vulnerability—CVE-2025-24998—that affects Visual Studio, one of the most trusted development environments on Windows. This vulnerability stems...
Visual Studio Vulnerability: A Closer Look at CVE-2025-25003
A recent security advisory has spotlighted a critical vulnerability in Visual Studio that has caught the eye of Windows developers and IT security professionals alike. CVE-2025-25003 concerns an uncontrolled search path element that...
Microsoft’s Security Response Center (MSRC) has recently published details about a new vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-21206, that affects the Visual Studio Installer. This issue, categorized as an elevation of privilege vulnerability, poses a significant threat, particularly for users of...
Sometimes, Windows can be a fabulous enigma wrapped in a riddle. And then you get an error popping up on your screen like “ERROR_PORT_NOT_SET,” and voilà, the mystery deepens. But don't worry, dear Windows users—this error isn't as cryptic as it sounds, and you won't need to summon Sherlock...
Hey, WindowsForum enthusiasts! Today, we've got an important security update to dive into that could affect developers and enterprises alike. Brace yourself, because we're talking about CVE-2025-21405, an Elevation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio. For those of...
Attention, developers and IT pros! Microsoft has thrown out a major lifeline—or at least a Patch Tuesday reminder—about a newly disclosed vulnerability in Visual Studio. Say hello (but definitely don't hug) to CVE-2025-21178, a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability that could make even the...
The recently disclosed CVE-2025-21176 highlights a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Microsoft .NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio products. Microsoft has published information regarding this vulnerability, and as always, it’s time for Windows users, developers...
Ready to supercharge your coding game? Microsoft has just tossed a turbocharger onto the programming world with their recent move: a free version of GitHub Copilot, the AI coding assistant, is now available for Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code (VS Code) users. This announcement marks a...
Attention, developers! It's not every day that a revolutionary tool shifts from being a premium feature to a free offering. But that's exactly what GitHub has done with its beloved Copilot—a coding assistant powered by AI, now available completely free of charge for Visual Studio and Visual...
It’s official—Microsoft-owned GitHub has shifted gears to democratize access to one of its most powerful tools, GitHub Copilot, by releasing a free version of its AI-powered code assistant. This makes it accessible to millions more developers globally via popular code editors like Visual Studio...
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In a world where staying connected is paramount, discovering vulnerabilities can feel akin to finding a hole in your Wi-Fi network—at once alarming and demanding immediate attention. One such vulnerability, known as CVE-2023-38171, has recently come to light, targeting Microsoft’s QUIC...
Here’s the scene: you're deep in the trenches of code with Visual Studio, your trusted integrated development environment (IDE), relying on GitHub Copilot, that ever-so-helpful AI pair programmer, to guide you through a particularly gnarly issue. But wait! Just as you’re ready to get the answer...
In a transformative announcement at Ignite 2024, Microsoft has introduced Azure AI Foundry, a platform that marks a significant pivot in the landscape of artificial intelligence (AI). As businesses increasingly seek to leverage AI for more than just basic chat functionalities, this new toolkit...
On November 12, 2024, the cybersecurity landscape took another significant turn as Microsoft disclosed information regarding a critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-43498. This flaw affects .NET and Visual Studio and is classified as a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability—a term...
On November 12, 2024, the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) released vital information regarding a significant vulnerability known as CVE-2024-49044. This vulnerability affects Microsoft Visual Studio and could allow attackers to elevate their privileges within the system. As Windows...
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, vulnerabilities like CVE-2024-43499 bring to the forefront the pressing need to safeguard our development environments. Published on November 12, 2024, through the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), this vulnerability affects .NET and...
Understanding CVE-2024-43485: A Denial of Service Vulnerability in .NET and Visual Studio
What Is CVE-2024-43485?
CVE-2024-43485 is a newly identified vulnerability affecting Microsoft’s .NET framework and Visual Studio. This flaw presents a denial of service (DoS) risk, which means that it...
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, vulnerabilities often lurk in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to cause disruption. A recent alert from Microsoft highlights such a threat, detailing the denial of service vulnerability associated with the Visual Studio Collector Service...
The tech world was recently alerted to a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-43484 affecting .NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio. Although details are sparse, this vulnerability poses significant risks to developers and users of these platforms.
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