Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Visual Studio Code - CVE-2021-42322

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Visual Studio Code - CVE-2021-42322

Published: November 9, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU58051
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-42322
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Visual Studio Code

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in Visual Studio Code, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-42322

Install updates from vendor's website.

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