CVE-2020-1416

high

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies, aka 'Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1416

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2020-07-14

Updated: 2021-10-18

Type: CWE-269

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 2.8

Severity: HIGH