High severity · published Jul 14, 2020
CVE-2020-1416
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies, aka 'Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code Elevation of…
8.8
CVSS
5.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies, aka 'Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.9% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Azure Storage Explorer · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
TY
Typescript · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2017 · Microsoft
15.0 before 15.9.25 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2019 · Microsoft
16.0 before 16.0.16; 16.1 before 16.4.11; 16.5 before 16.6.4 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio Code · Microsoft
before 1.47.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1416
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1416
Patch
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1416
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