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GSD-2021-27083

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:23

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Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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CVE-2021-27083

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CVE-2021-27083

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CVE-2021-27083 (GCVE-0-2021-27083)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-11 15:47 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:30

Title

Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary

Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CWE

Remote Code Execution

Assigner

microsoft mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerabi…	vendor-advisorypatch
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-…	x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Microsoft	Visual Studio Code Remote - Containers Extension	Affected: 1.0.0 , < 1.5.4 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:remote_development::::::visual_studio_code::*

Date Public

2021-03-09 16:00

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