KLA11585 Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Visual Studio Code can be exploited remotely to gain privileges.

Original advisories

CVE-2019-1414

Related products

Microsoft-Visual-Studio

CVE list

CVE-2019-1414 high

KB list

Solution

Install necessary updates from the KB section, that are listed in your Windows Update (Windows Update usually can be accessed from the Control Panel)

Impacts

• PE

Privilege escalation. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to performing by abuser actions, which are normally disallowed for current role.

Affected Products

• Visual Studio Code