QID 377628

Date Published: 2022-10-12

QID 377628: Microsoft Visual Studio Code Jupyter Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability for October 2022

An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute code in the context of another Visual Studio Code user on the vulnerable system.

Affected Versions:
2022.9.110

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

Visual Studio Code Jupyter extension is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.2 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to refer to CVE-2022-41083for more information pertaining to these vulnerabilities.
Workaround:
Create a folder C:\ProgramData\jupyter\kernels\ and configure it to be writable only by the current user

Vendor References

CVE-2022-41083 - msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41083

CVEs related to QID 377628

CVE-2022-41083 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
CVE-2022-41083			msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41083

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