CVE-2020-1416
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they...
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies, aka 'Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies, aka 'Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2020-1416- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies, aka 'Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2020-1416- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-12292 No score
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies, aka 'Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
EUVD-2020-12292- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-76cm-vv6x-f8wv
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they...
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies, aka 'Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
GHSA-76cm-vv6x-f8wv- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies, aka 'Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2020-1416- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft visual studio code
- microsoft azure storage explorer
- microsoft visual studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
- microsoft visual studio 2019
- microsoft visual studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
- microsoft visual studio 2019 version 16.6 (includes 16.0 - 16.5)
- microsoft typescript
- microsoft visual studio 2017
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-1416 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Microsoft Visual Studio Code, published July 14, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.86%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.