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CVE-2020-0604

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-0604 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio Code. It allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by manipulating environment variables when a user opens a malicious project. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to full system compromise. While no public exploit code is available and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, there has been some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness of the flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.24.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0364 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Visual Studio Code
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2020-Aug/CVE-2020-0604Important

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Aug 11, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0604
PatchVendor Advisory