7.8high
CVE-2018-0597
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Visual Studio Code allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
5.4%
percentile 93%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Visual Studio Code allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
5.43% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Microsoft The installer of Visual Studio Code
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
References
- blogs.technet.microsoft.com /srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- jvn.jp /en/jp/JVN91151862/index.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_JVN, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/104563 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-0597
- NVD: CVE-2018-0597
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