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          "<a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/luz-elad/\">Elad Luz</a> with <a href=\"https://www.oasis.security/\">Oasis Security</a>"
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        "category": "general",
        "text": "To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle",
        "title": "Additional Resources"
      },
      {
        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "text": "The information provided in the Microsoft Knowledge Base is provided \\\"as is\\\" without warranty of any kind. Microsoft disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages so the foregoing limitation may not apply.",
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          "text": "A successful attacker could obtain the permissions associated with the MCP Server’s managed identity. This may allow the attacker to access or perform actions on any resources that the managed identity is authorized to reach. The attacker does not gain broader tenant‑level or administrator permissions; only those tied to the compromised managed identity.",
          "title": "What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?"
        },
        {
          "category": "faq",
          "text": "The user would have be enticed to open a malicious file in vscode. Users should never open anything that they do not know or trust to be safe.",
          "title": "According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?"
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