CVE-2018-0596 Privilege escalation in The installer of Visual Studio Community
An attacker can gain privileges and execute code by placing a malicious DLL in a directory searched by the Visual Studio Community installer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-0596?
CVE-2018-0596 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft The installer of Visual Studio Community, published on 26 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Visual Studio Community allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
Weakness: CWE-426
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0596?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio Community.
How do I fix CVE-2018-0596?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0596 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-0596 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0596 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4c35-cfrw-j59g.