CVE-2018-8172 Code injection in Expression Blend 4
Remote code execution in Visual Studio and Expression Blend via unchecked source markup in unbuilt projects.
- 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-2018-8172?
CVE-2018-8172 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio, published on 11 Jul 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
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio software when the software does not check the source markup of a file for an unbuilt project, aka "Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio, Expression Blend 4.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8172?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Expression Blend, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2017.
How do I fix CVE-2018-8172?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-8172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2018-8172 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8172 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cwx9-2ppf-5628.