CVE-2024-49049
Visual Studio Code Remote Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Remote Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Visual Studio Code Remote Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Remote Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-49049- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-43917
Visual Studio Code Remote Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-43917- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9gw8-gc35-hprv
Visual Studio Code Remote Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Remote Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-9gw8-gc35-hprv- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Visual Studio Code Remote Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-49049- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-49049 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Microsoft Remote Ssh, published November 12, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. No source names a fixed version.