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HistoryNov 09, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio Code (November 2021)

2021-11-0900:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.5%

The version of Microsoft Visual Studio Code installed on the remote host is prior to 1.62.1. It is, therefore, affected by an elevation of privilege vulnerability.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
##

# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from the Microsoft Security Updates API. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(154992);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/11/24");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-42322");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0537-S");

  script_name(english:"Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio Code (November 2021)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host has an application installed that is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Microsoft Visual Studio Code installed on the remote host is prior to 1.62.1. It is, therefore, affected
by an elevation of privilege vulnerability.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_62");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to  Microsoft Visual Studio Code 1.62.1 or later.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"all");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-42322");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/11/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/11/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/11/09");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_code");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("os_fingerprint.nasl", "microsoft_visual_studio_code_installed.nbin", "microsoft_visual_studio_code_win_user_installed.nbin", "microsoft_visual_studio_code_linux_installed.nbin", "macosx_microsoft_visual_studio_code_installed.nbin");
  script_require_ports("installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio Code", "installed_sw/Visual Studio Code");

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');

var os = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/OS');
var app_info;

if (tolower(os) =~ 'windows')
{
  get_kb_item_or_exit('SMB/Registry/Enumerated');
  app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'Microsoft Visual Studio Code', win_local:TRUE);
}
else if (tolower(os) =~ 'linux|mac os')
{
  get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/local_checks_enabled');
  app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'Visual Studio Code');
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT,'affected');
}

var constraints = [
  { 'fixed_version' : '1.62.1' }
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
VendorProductVersionCPE
microsoftvisual_studio_codecpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_code

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.5%

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