CVE-2020-1192

published 2020-05-21

CVE-2020-1192: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when the Python extension loads workspace settings from a notebook file. An attacker who…

Priority P3 43 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

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

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when the Python extension loads workspace settings from a notebook file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to convince a target to open a specially crafted file in Visual Studio Code with the Python extension installed.
The update address the vulnerability by modifying the way Visual Studio Code Python extension enforces user settings.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	python	< 2020.5.0	2020.5.0
microsoft	visual_studio_code	>= 1.0.0 < publication	publication
msrc	visual_studio_code	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 9.3 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

vendor_msrc 7.8 CRITICAL

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