Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Jupyter Extension for Visual Studio Code - CVE-2022-41083
Published: October 11, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68173
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-2022-41083
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Jupyter Extension for Visual Studio Code
Jupyter Extension for 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 the Visual Studio Code, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-41083
Install updates from vendor's website.