CVE-2021-34477: Visual Studio Code .NET Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Elevation of Privilege

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2021-Jul

Released

2021-07-13

EPSS Score

0.26% (percentile: 49.2%)

Affected Products (2)

Developer Tools

• .NET Education Bundle SDK Install Tool
• .NET Install Tool for Extension Authors

Security Updates (1)

• Release Notes

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://twitter.com/cji">Craig Ingram</a> with <a href="https://www.stripe.com">Stripe</a>

Revision History

• 2021-07-13: Information published.