yzane vscode-markdown-pdf 1.5.0 Markdown File pathname traversal

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in yzane vscode-markdown-pdf 1.5.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Markdown File Handler. Such manipulation leads to pathname traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-7738. The attack must be carried out locally. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in yzane vscode-markdown-pdf 1.5.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Markdown File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a pathname traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-21. Impacted is confidentiality.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-7738. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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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• yzane

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• vscode-markdown-pdf

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• 1.5.0

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• Submit #385634: yzane Markdown PDF Vscode Extension 1.5.0 Pathname Traversal (by abhi-ingle)

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