CVE-2021-31213

published 2021-05-11

CVE-2021-31213: Visual Studio Code Remote Containers Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Priority P3 55 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

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

Visual Studio Code Remote Containers Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	remote	< 0.177.2	0.177.2
microsoft	visual_studio_code_remote_containers_extension	>= 1.0.0 < 1.56	1.56
msrc	visual_studio_code_remote_containers_extension	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• · Exploitation requires user interaction — victim must be enticed to open a malicious file in a directory via the VS Code Remote Containers extension. ↗
• · As of the advisory publication, the vulnerability had not been publicly disclosed or exploited in the wild; exploitation was rated 'Less Likely' for both latest and older software releases. ↗

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 6.8 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

vendor_msrc 7.8 HIGH

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