Vulnerability in Microsoft The Installer Of Visual Studio Code
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 an unspecified directory.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.055 (92.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.051 · newest: 0.055 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- Microsoft The Installer Of Visual Studio Code — versions unspecified
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerabilit… (Vendor Advisory)
- jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91151862/index.html (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104563 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-0597?
- CVE-2018-0597 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft The Installer Of Visual Studio Code, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-26.
- How severe is CVE-2018-0597?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.