CVE-2018-0596 Information

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Visual Studio Community allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91151862/index.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104563 https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8