What is CVE-2020-17148?

CVE-2020-17148 is a security advisory published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) with High severity. Visual Studio Code Remote Development Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2020-17148 cover?

CVE-2020-17148 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2020-17148. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of CVE-2020-17148?

CVE-2020-17148 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Which products are affected by CVE-2020-17148?

CVE-2020-17148 affects 1 product, including: Visual Studio Code Remote - SSH Extension.

CVE-2020-17148HighCVSS 7.8

Visual Studio Code Remote Development Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Published

December 8, 2020

Last Modified

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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? An attacker would have to convince a user with the Visual Studio Code Remote Development Extension installed to click on a specially crafted link.

🎯 Affected products1

Visual Studio Code Remote - SSH Extension

✅ Remediation

KBRelease Notes (Security Update)

🔗 References (3)

advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17148
patchhttps://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh
referencehttps://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/master/remote-release-notes/v1_51.md