CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2019-16765

If an attacker can get a user to open a specially prepared directory tree as a workspace in Visual Studio Code with the CodeQL extension active, arbitrary code of the attacker's choosing may be executed on the user's behalf. This is fixed in version 1.0.1 of the extension. Users should upgrade to this version using Visual Studio Code Marketplace's upgrade mechanism. After upgrading, the codeQL.cli.executablePath setting can only be set in the per-user settings, and not in the per-workspace settings. More information about VS Code settings can be found here.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/blob/v1.0.1/CHANGELOG.md Release Notes
https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/pull/174 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/security/advisories/GHSA-wf4x-8mpj-r42q Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:codeql:*:*:*:*:*:visual_studio_code:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-11-25 06:15

Updated : 2021-10-28 01:02

NVD link : CVE-2019-16765

Mitre link : CVE-2019-16765

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo