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Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio Code GitHub Pull Requests and Isssues Extension (July 2023)

🗓️ 11 Jul 2023 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Security update for Visual Studio Code GitHub Pull Requests and Issue

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
##

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(178164);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/06/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-36867");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0346-S");

  script_name(english:"Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio Code GitHub Pull Requests and Isssues Extension (July 2023)");

  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:
"The Microsoft Visual Studio Code GitHub Pull Requests and Issues Extension is prior to version 0.66.2. It is,
therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. 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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36867");
  # https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-pull-request-github/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1e4513a4");
  # https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.vscode-pull-request-github
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6e5b381c");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the Microsoft Visual Studio Code GitHub Pull Requests and Issues Extension to version 0.66.2 or later.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"windows");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/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-2023-36867");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/07/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/07/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/07/11");

  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) 2023-2026 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('vdf.inc');

# @tvdl-content
var vuln_data = {
  'metadata': {'spec_version': '1.0'},
  'checks': [
    {
      'product': {'name': 'vs-code::vscode-pull-request-github', 'type': 'app'},
      'check_algorithm': 'default',
      'constraints': [
        {'fixed_version': '0.66.2'}
      ]
    }
  ]
};

var result = vdf::check_and_report(vuln_data:vuln_data, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
vdf::handle_check_and_report_errors(vdf_result:result);

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