PT-2019-4291 · Microsoft · Visual Studio Code

Francesco Soncina + 1 · Published 2019-10-17 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-1414

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Visual Studio Code (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in Visual Studio Code, allowing an attacker to elevate their privileges. This is due to the exposure of a debug listener to local computer users.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-00006

CVE-2019-1414

Affected Products

Visual Studio Code

References · 7

• 🔥 https://iwantmore.pizza/posts/cve-2019-1414.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1414 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1414 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-00006 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1414 · Security Note
• https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_39 · Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019101709 · Note