Privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2018-8599

Vulnerability identifier: #VU16486

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8599

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.

The weakness exists due to an error when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations. A remote attacker can gain elevated privileges.

Microsoft Windows
Windows Server
Visual Studio

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8599

• Privilege escalation in Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service
• Privilege escalation in Visual Studio