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Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio Code Remote WSL Extension (December 2021)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 156113

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Synopsis

The remote host has an application installed that is missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Visual Studio Code Remote Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) extension is prior to version 0.63.11. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the victim.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the Microsoft Visual Studio Code Remote WSL extension to version 0.63.11 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?cdd3aac0

http://www.nessus.org/u?0f3abdc5

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 156113

File Name: microsoft_visual_studio_code_remote_wsl_ms21_dec.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 12/16/2021

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43907

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_code

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio Code, SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43907

IAVA: 2021-A-0583-S