CVE-2018-0597

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Visual Studio Code allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - vultures@jpcert.or.jp

Published

2018-06-26

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-426

Affected products

• The Installer Of Visual Studio Code (Microsoft)
• Visual Studio Code (Microsoft)

References

• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91151862/index.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104563
• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/