SB2018121124 - Privilege escalation in Visual Studio
Published: December 11, 2018 Updated: December 23, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018121124
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8599)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.The weakness exists due to an error when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations. A remote attacker can gain elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.