Microsoft Visual Studio Code ESLint Extension could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.
By persuading a victim to open specially-crafted content, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the victim.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(147724);
script_version("1.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-27081");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0137-S");
script_name(english:"Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio Code ESLint Extension (March 2021)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host has an application installed that is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Microsoft Visual Studio Code ESLint Extension could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.
By persuading a victim to open specially-crafted content, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute
arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the victim.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
# https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27081
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?007d1799");
# https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=dbaeumer.vscode-eslint
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1243e16e");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Please see Microsoft security advisory for patch-information");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"windows");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-27081");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/03/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/03/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/03/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_code");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Windows");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("microsoft_visual_studio_code_win_extensions_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio Code");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'vs-code::vscode-eslint', win_local:TRUE);
vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:3);
constraints = [
{ 'fixed_version' : '2.1.16' }
];
vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
microsoft | visual_studio_code | cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_code |