Privilege escalation in Microsoft products - CVE-2018-0952
Published: August 14, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14409
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0952
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector allows to create files in arbitrary locations. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Microsoft Windows
Windows Server
Visual Studio
Windows Server
Visual Studio
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0952
Install updates from vendor's website.