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CVE-2019-16765 — If an attacker can get a user to open a specially prepared directory tree as a w

If an attacker can get a user to open a specially prepared directory tree as a workspace in Visual Studio Code with the CodeQL extension active, arbitrary code of the attacker's choosing may be executed on the user's behalf. This is fixed in version 1.0.1 of the extensi

CVSS
7.4 HIGH
EPSS
0.84% (top 25.50%)
CWE
CWE-250, CWE-22
Published
2019-11-25T17:41:17.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T01:24:47.950Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

If an attacker can get a user to open a specially prepared directory tree as a workspace in Visual Studio Code with the CodeQL extension active, arbitrary code of the attacker's choosing may be executed on the user's behalf. This is fixed in version 1.0.1 of the extension. Users should upgrade to this version using Visual Studio Code Marketplace's upgrade mechanism. After upgrading, the…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
githubvscodecodeql — < 1.0.1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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