A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Wiz Code Visual Studio Code Extension up to 0.17.8/1.5.3. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Dockerfile Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Wiz Code Visual Studio Code extension in versions 1.0.0 up to 1.5.3 and Wiz (legacy) Visual Studio Code extension in versions 0.13.0 up to 0.17.8 are vulnerable to local command injection if the user opens a maliciously crafted Dockerfile located in a path that has been marked as a "trusted folder" within Visual Studio Code, and initiates a manual scan of the file.

The weakness was released by Rohit Kumar. The advisory is shared for download at wiz.io. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-9145 since 09/24/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Wiz

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• Code Visual Studio Code Extension

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• 0.17.0
• 0.17.1
• 0.17.2
• 0.17.3
• 0.17.4
• 0.17.5
• 0.17.6
• 0.17.7
• 0.17.8
• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3

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