CVE-2021-28953 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The unofficial C/C++ Advanced Lint extension before 1.9.0 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary binaries if the user opens a crafted repository.

Published: 2021-03-21

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:c\/c\+\+_advanced_lint_project:c\/c\+\+_advanced_lint:*:*:*:*:*:visual_studio_code:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-15604	The unofficial C/C++ Advanced Lint extension before 1.9.0 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary binaries if the user opens a crafted repository.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00246.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/jbenden/vscode-c-cpp-flylint/compare/v1.8.2...v1.9.0
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jbenden.c-cpp-flylint
https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/16

History

No history.

Subscriptions

C\/c\+\+ Advanced Lint Project C\/c\+\+ Advanced Lint

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-03-21T04:16:41.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T21:55:12.181Z

Reserved: 2021-03-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-28953

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-21T05:15:12.167

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:00:25.943

Link: CVE-2021-28953

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-427

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