CVE-2022-24526: Visual Studio Code Spoofing Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.1)

CVSS Vector

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

Category

Spoofing

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2022-Mar

Released

2022-03-08

Last Updated

2022-03-10

EPSS Score

0.79% (percentile: 73.8%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? The user would have be enticed to open a malicious file in vscode. Users should never open anything that they do not know or trust to be safe. According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? The user would have be enticed to open a malicious file in a directory. Users should never open anything that they do not know or trust to be safe.

Affected Products (1)

Developer Tools

• Visual Studio Code

Security Updates (1)

• Release Notes

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://twitter.com/ndevtk">NDevTK</a>

Revision History

• 2022-03-08: Information published.
• 2022-03-10: Updated FAQ information. This is an informational change only.