An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies, aka Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
Weakness
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure_storage_explorer | Microsoft | - (including) | - (including) |
| Typescript | Microsoft | - (including) | - (including) |
| Visual_studio_2017 | Microsoft | 15.0 (including) | 15.9.25 (excluding) |
| Visual_studio_2019 | Microsoft | 16.0 (including) | 16.0.16 (excluding) |
| Visual_studio_2019 | Microsoft | 16.1 (including) | 16.4.11 (excluding) |
| Visual_studio_2019 | Microsoft | 16.5 (including) | 16.6.4 (excluding) |
| Visual_studio_code | Microsoft | * | 1.47.1 (excluding) |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/233.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/58.html