CVE-2022-38020 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Visual Studio Code

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38020

History

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 20:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code::::::::

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2022-09-13T18:42:23

Updated: 2025-01-02T19:40:43.478Z

Reserved: 2022-08-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-38020

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:37:42.864Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-13T19:15:12.977

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:15:35.300

Link: CVE-2022-38020

Redhat

No data.

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