QID 375556

Date Published: 2021-05-12

QID 375556: Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor which runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Affected Versions:
Visual studio code prior to version 1.56.1

QID Detection Logic(Authenticated):
This QID checks for the vulnerable versions of visual studio code.

A local attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could inject arbitrary code to run in the context of the current user.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.6 severity.

Solution

Please refer to Microsoft advisory for Visual Studio Code for more details.

Vendor References

CVE-2021-31214 - msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-31214

CVEs related to QID 375556

CVE-2021-31214 | CVE-2021-31211 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
CVE-2021-31214	MAC OS X		msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-31214
CVE-2021-31214	Windows		msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-31214

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