Local privilege escalation
Published Feb 11, 2025 · Updated Feb 13, 2026
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Visual Studio Code before 1.97.1 allows local users to gain elevated privileges after user interaction. Microsoft identifies an uncontrolled search path element but has not published the affected component, searched resource, or unsafe path operation. Exploitation requires existing low-privilege local access and user interaction; successful exploitation grants control within the unchanged security scope.
Summary
What happened
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Visual Studio Code before 1.97.1 allows local users to gain elevated privileges after user interaction. Microsoft identifies an uncontrolled search path element but has not published the affected component, searched resource, or unsafe path operation. Exploitation requires existing low-privilege local access and user interaction; successful exploitation grants control within the unchanged security scope.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-24039
- Published
- Feb 11, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Visual Studio Code
- Classifications
- CWE-427
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.0 <1.97.1
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