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CVE-2020-1416

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-1416 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Azure Storage Explorer, and TypeScript, stemming from how they load software dependencies. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user is tricked into interacting with a malicious file. While the vulnerability is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and no public exploit code is available, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage. Its FAUCET Risk Score of 85/100 indicates a significant risk despite the lack of active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_storage_explorer:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:typescript:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 15.0, < 15.9.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.0, < 16.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.1, < 16.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0586 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 (includes 16.0 - 16.5)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Visual Studio Code
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Storage Explorer
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: TypeScript
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2020-Jul/CVE-2020-1416Important

Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Jul 14, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1416
PatchVendor Advisory