KLA11980 ACE vulnerability in Microsoft Developer Tools

A remote code execution vulnerability was found in Microsoft Developer Tools. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.

Original advisories

CVE-2020-17023

Related products

Microsoft-Visual-Studio

CVE list

CVE-2020-17023 critical

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

• ACE

Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to executing by abuser any code or commands at vulnerable machine or process.

Affected Products

• Visual Studio Code