Privilege escalation in Visual Studio

1) Privilege escalation

EUVDB-ID: #VU16486

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8599

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Visual Studio: 15.0 26228.04 - 2015 Update 3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:15.0:26228.04:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:15.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2015_Update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8599

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.