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CVE-2021-28457:
Visual Studio Code vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Visual Studio Code was found to contain a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2021-28457. The vulnerability was initially recorded on March 15, 2021, and affects Microsoft Visual Studio Code versions prior to 1.55.2 (NVD, CVE Mitre).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Under CVSS v2.0, it received a base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM) with vector (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P). The vulnerability requires user interaction for successful exploitation (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute remote code on the affected system, potentially leading to complete system compromise with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released a security update to address this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to Visual Studio Code version 1.55.2 or later to mitigate this security risk (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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