Researchers Uncover Publisher Spoofing Bug in Microsoft Visual Studio Installer

Jun 12, 2023Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Security researchers have warned about an “easily exploitable” flaw in the Microsoft Visual Studio installer that could be abused by a malicious actor to impersonate a legitimate publisher and distribute malicious extensions. “A threat actor could impersonate a popular publisher and issue a malicious extension to compromise a targeted…

Researchers Uncover Publisher Spoofing Bug in Microsoft Visual Studio Installer

Jun 12, 2023Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Security researchers have warned about an “easily exploitable” flaw in the Microsoft Visual Studio installer that could be abused by a malicious actor to impersonate a legitimate publisher and distribute malicious extensions. “A threat actor could impersonate a popular publisher and issue a malicious extension to compromise a targeted…