QID 376026

Date Published: 2021-11-10

QID 376026: Microsoft Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - November 2021

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 1.62.1

QID Detection Logic(Authenticated):
This QID checks for the vulnerable versions of Visual Studio Code.

Visual Studio Code is prone to Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.6 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to refer to CVE-2021-42322 for more information pertaining to this vulnerability.

Vendor References

CVE-2021-42322 - code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_62

CVEs related to QID 376026

CVE-2021-42322 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
CVE-2021-42322			code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_62

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