PT-2023-7037 · Microsoft+1 · Visual Studio Code+1

Matt Bierner · CVE-2023-21779 · Published 2023-01-10 · Updated 2024-05-29

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 improper code generation control in Visual Studio Code, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code. This can be exploited to gain unauthorized access and execute malicious code.

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

RCE

Code Injection

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

CWE-502

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-08059

CVE-2023-21779

Affected Products

Red Os

Visual Studio Code

References · 8

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21779 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-08059 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21779 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21779 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure · Note
• https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/uyazvimosti/support/secure/uyazvimosti/mnozhestvennye-uyazvimosti-codium-cve-2023-36742-cve-2023-39956-cve-2023-33144-cve-2023-29338-cve-20 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/42308 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/56300 · Telegram Post