Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-28953

High

Published: 21 March 2021

Published
21 March 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0025 48.1th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-28953 is a high-severity Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427) vulnerability in C\/C\+\+ Advanced Lint Project C\/C\+\+ Advanced Lint. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 48.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

c\/c\+\+ advanced lint project
c\/c\+\+ advanced lint
≤ 1.9.0

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References