An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio Extension Installer Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Visual Studio Extension Installer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Related CVEs

CVE-2020-0900

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-m8rj-v5pg-g6vq

Published

May 24, 2022 5:14 PM

Last Modified

May 24, 2022 5:14 PM

CVSS Score

2.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: November 23, 2025 6:29 AM

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