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Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Microsoft Corporation AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when a user is tricked into opening a malicious 'package.json' file, aka 'Visual Studio JSON Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when a user is tricked into opening a malicious 'package.json' file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.</p>
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NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-17023 No Types Assigned

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-17023 Patch, Vendor Advisory