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CVE-2018-8529

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8529 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS). This flaw arises when TFS fails to enforce basic authorization between its own service and the Search service. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2018CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:team_foundation_server:2018:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2018CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:team_foundation_server:2018:3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1346 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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 (3)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Team Foundation Server 2018 Update 1.1
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Team Foundation Server 2018 Update 3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Nov/CVE-2018-8529Important

Team Foundation Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Nov 13, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8529
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105910
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry