CVE-2018-8599

High

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations, aka "Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Visual Studio
PublishedDec 12, 2018
First seenDec 12, 2018

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft visual_studio2015—
microsoft visual_studio_201715.9—
microsoft windows_10No range specified, 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803, 1809—
microsoft windows_server_2016No range specified, 1709, 1803—
microsoft windows_server_2019No range specified—

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