SB2019101709 - Privilege escalation in Visual Studio Code
Published: October 17, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019101709
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1414)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in Visual Studio Code Visual Studio Code. A local user can run a specially crafted application to inject and execute arbitrary code on the system in context of the current user.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.