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CVE-2018-0952

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0952 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector that allows for arbitrary file creation, affecting Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and Microsoft Visual Studio. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion. Media coverage also confirms its inclusion in a past Microsoft Patch Tuesday.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2015:-:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:15.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1607CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-45244 · Aug 22, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0623 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 16,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (18)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 1709 (Server Core Installation)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Aug/CVE-2018-0952Important

Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Aug 14, 2018

References

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