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**Why is this GitHub CVE included in the Security Update Guide?** The vulnerability assigned to this CVE is in Git for Windows software which is consumed by Microsoft Visual Studio. It is being documented in the Security Update Guide to announce that the latest builds of Visual Studio are no longer vulnerable. Please see Security Update Guide Supports CVEs Assigned by Industry Partners for more information.

SQL Data Quality Services enables you to build a knowledge base and use it to perform a variety of critical data quality tasks. The vulnerability is only exploitable if this optional feature is enabled and running on an SQL instance. Additionally, the feature is not available in Azure SQL instances.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N), privileges required is high (PR:H) and the user interaction is none (UI:N). How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?** The attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could target the server accounts in an arbitrary or remote code execution. As an authenticated admin, the attacker could attempt to trigger malicious code in the context of the server's account through a network call.

**Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?** Yes, the Preview Pane is an attack vector.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L), privileges are required (PR:L) and user interaction is required (UI:R). How could an attacker exploit this security feature bypass vulnerability?** The attack itself is carried out locally by a user with authentication to the targeted system. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by convincing a victim, through social engineering, to download and open a specially crafted file from a website which could lead to a local attack on the victim computer.

**According to the CVSS metric, privileges required is low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** The attacker must be authenticated to the target site, with the permission to use Manage Lists within SharePoint.

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is uninitialized memory.

**How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?** An authenticated attacker could attack a Microsoft Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) Server by sending specially crafted malicious PEAP packets over the network.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N), and privilege required is low (PR:N), and user interaction is none (UI:N). What is the target used in the context of the remote code execution?** The attacker for this vulnerability could target the server accounts in an arbitrary or remote code execution and attempt to trigger malicious code in the context of the server's account through a network call. The attacker needs no privileges nor does the victim user need to perform and action.

**How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?** An unauthenticated attacker could attack a Microsoft Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) Server by sending specially crafted malicious PEAP packets over the network.