High severity · published Apr 13, 2021
CVE-2021-28477
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
7.0
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VS
Visual Studio Code · Microsoft
before 1.55.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28477
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28477
Patch
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-28477
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