Spoofing attack in Visual Studio - CVE-2019-1486
Published: December 10, 2019 / Updated: December 10, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23472
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1486
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data in Visual Studio Live Share extension. A remote attacker who host a Live Share session can trick a victim to connect to the session, cause a connected guest's computer to open a browser and navigate to a URL without consent from the guest.
Affected software
Visual Studio
ghostscript (Alpine package)
ghostscript (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2019-1486
Install updates from vendor's website.
ghostscript (Alpine package) - update to 9.27-r5