CVE-2018-0952 Privilege escalation in Microsoft Visual Studio
Attackers can exploit Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector to create files in arbitrary locations, leading to privilege escalation on Windows systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-0952?
CVE-2018-0952 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, published on 15 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An Elevation of Privilege vulnerability exists when Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector allows file creation in arbitrary locations, aka "Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Microsoft Visual Studio, Windows 10 Servers.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0952?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio 2015, Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows Server 2016.
How do I fix CVE-2018-0952?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0952 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-0952 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-0952 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g92w-m5cw-jw9w.