CVE-2018-8532 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) versions 17.9 and 18.0. It arises when SSMS processes a specially crafted XMLA file containing an external entity reference, allowing for potential data leakage. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, but successful exploitation could lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H). While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its exploitability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
17.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_management_studio:17.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_management_studio:18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.