Vulnerability CVE-2021-28953
Published: 2021-03-21

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.

Type:

CWE-94

 (Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Microsoft -> C\/c\+\+ advanced lint 

 References:
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
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