CVE-2018-0952

HIGH 7.8CVE-2018-0952 · Published 15/08/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-0952 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting visual studio 2017 (microsoft).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.2%, higher than 93.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
visual studio 2017 microsoft	`= 15.8`	No fix yet

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.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/105048 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1041466 · Third Party Advisory
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0952 · Patch
exploit-db.com/exploits/45244 · Exploit

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

visual studio 2017

microsoft

= 15.8

No fix yet

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