CVE-2018-8599 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service, affecting Microsoft Visual Studio, Windows 10, and Windows Server 2016/2019. It allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by improperly impersonating file operations. 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 there is no known public exploit code or active exploitation, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2015CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2015:update3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:15.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1703CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.