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'.
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1416
Source: MITRE
Published: 2020-07-14
Updated: 2021-10-18
Type: CWE-269
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
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