CVE-2023-21779 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0038.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Visual Studio Code

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-25946	Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21779

History

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 01:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-01-10T00:00:00

Updated: 2025-01-01T00:36:23.145Z

Reserved: 2022-12-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-21779

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T09:51:51.138Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-10T22:15:19.733

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:43:38.030

Link: CVE-2023-21779

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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