CVE-2021-21300: Git for Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Remote Code Execution

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2021-Mar

Released

2021-03-09

EPSS Score

61.88% (percentile: 98.3%)

Detection & Weaponization (2 sources)

Maturity: Exploit

• Metasploit modules: Git LFS Clone Command Exec
• GitHub PoC: 16 repositories

Affected Products (5)

Developer Tools

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8 (includes 16.0 - 16.7)

Security Updates (3)

• Release Notes
• Release Notes
• Release Notes

Revision History

• 2021-03-09: Information published.