CVE-2022-38020 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio Code. With a CVSS score of 7.3 (HIGH), it requires local access and user interaction, but successful exploitation could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, though it was mentioned in a BleepingComputer article regarding Microsoft's September 2022 Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.0.0, < 1.71.1CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.