Content spoofing via relative path traversal
Published Jun 13, 2023 · Updated Jan 1, 2025
Relative path traversal in Microsoft Visual Studio Code before 1.79 allows local users to spoof trusted content after user interaction. Microsoft has not published the affected component or how relative path input is resolved outside its intended boundary. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction and can expose or alter data, without reported service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Relative path traversal in Microsoft Visual Studio Code before 1.79 allows local users to spoof trusted content after user interaction. Microsoft has not published the affected component or how relative path input is resolved outside its intended boundary. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction and can expose or alter data, without reported service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-33144
- Published
- Jun 13, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 1, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Visual Studio Code
- Classifications
- CWE-23
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 13, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 1, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.0 <1.79
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