KLA12385 Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Developer Tools

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Microsoft Developer Tools. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code, spoof user interface, gain privileges.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

1. A remote code execution vulnerability in Visual Studio Code WSL Extension can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code.
2. A remote code execution vulnerability in Visual Studio Code can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code.
3. A spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft PowerShell can be exploited remotely to spoof user interface.
4. A spoofing vulnerability in Visual Studio Code can be exploited remotely to spoof user interface.
5. A remote code execution vulnerability in Bot Framework SDK can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code.
6. A spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft BizTalk ESB Toolkit can be exploited remotely to spoof user interface.
7. An elevation of privilege vulnerability in ASP.NET Core and Visual Studio can be exploited remotely to gain privileges.

Original advisories

CVE-2021-43907

CVE-2021-43891

CVE-2021-43896

CVE-2021-43908

CVE-2021-43225

CVE-2021-43892

CVE-2021-43877

Related products

Microsoft-Visual-Studio

CVE list

CVE-2021-43907 unknown

CVE-2021-43891 unknown

CVE-2021-43896 unknown

CVE-2021-43908 unknown

CVE-2021-43225 unknown

CVE-2021-43892 unknown

CVE-2021-43877 unknown

KB list

5009301

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.

• PE

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

• SUI

Spoof user interface. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to changes in user interface to beguile user into inaccurate behavior.

Affected Products

• ASP.NET Core 3.1Microsoft BizTalk ESB Toolkit 2.3ASP.NET Core 5.0Microsoft BizTalk ESB Toolkit 2.4Visual Studio CodeMicrosoft BizTalk ESB Toolkit 2.2ASP.NET Core 6.0PowerShell 7.2