CVE-2020-16881: Visual Studio JSON Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft · Visual Studio Code
Vendor fix available · Affected: Microsoft Visual Studio Code · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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Higher than 92% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when a user is tricked into opening a malicious 'package.json' file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to convince a target to clone a repository and open it in Visual Studio Code. Attacker-specified code would execute when the target opens the malicious 'package.json' file.</p> <p>The update address the vulnerability by modifying the way Visual Studio Code handles JSON files.</p>
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Microsoft · Visual Studio Codefrom 1.0.0 before publication
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Published
- September 2020
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