High severity · published Jun 26, 2018
CVE-2018-0597
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Visual Studio Code allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory
7.8
CVSS
5.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Visual Studio Code allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.6% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VS
Visual Studio Code · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0597
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0597
Third Party Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91151862/index.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104563
Vendor Advisory
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/
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