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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-24039
CVE-2025-24039:
Visual Studio Code vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2025-24039) was disclosed on February 11, 2025. This vulnerability affects Microsoft Visual Studio Code and has been assigned a high severity rating (NVD, Microsoft).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (High) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is associated with CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. Given the CVSS scoring, successful exploitation could result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released a security update to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to apply the latest security updates for Visual Studio Code (Microsoft).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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