VS Code Spoofing Vulnerability Enables Data Tampering
CVE-2023-33144 Published on June 14, 2023
Visual Studio Code Spoofing Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Spoofing Vulnerability
Weakness Type
Relative Path Traversal
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. This allows attackers to traverse the file system to access files or directories that are outside of the restricted directory.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-33144
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Visual Studio Code:- Version 1.0.0 and below 1.79 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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