Untrusted search path in Visual Studio Code - CVE-2018-0597
Published: June 26, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37009
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0597
CWE-ID: CWE-426
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Visual Studio Code allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0597
Install update from vendor's website.