CVE-2020-1416

high-risk
Published 2020-07-14

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'.

Do I need to act?

~
9.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Azure Storage Explorer
Typescript

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (2)

Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1416
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1416
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 11/34 · Low
Exposure 12/34 · Low