Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when it exposes a debug listener to users of a local computer, aka 'Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1414
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0104
EPSS Percentile
60.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
microsoft/visual_studio_code
< 1.39
Published
Jan 24, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026