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Microsoft Visual Studio 'Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector' Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability (Aug 2018)

🗓️ 16 Aug 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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Microsoft Visual Studio 'Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector' Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability (Aug 2018). Flaw in 'Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector' allows file creation in arbitrary locations, affecting Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, 2015 Update 3, and 2017 Version 15.8. Successful exploitation allows a local attacker to take control of affected system

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.813781");
  script_version("2024-02-19T05:05:57+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-0952");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-19 05:05:57 +0000 (Mon, 19 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-03 00:03:00 +0000 (Thu, 03 Oct 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-08-16 16:40:35 +0530 (Thu, 16 Aug 2018)");
  script_name("Microsoft Visual Studio 'Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector' Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability (Aug 2018)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing an important security
  update according to Microsoft Security Update.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to an error when the
  'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector' or 'Visual Studio Standard Collector'
  allows file creation in arbitrary locations.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow a local
  attacker to run a specially crafted application and take control of an
  affected system.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Visual Studio 2017

  - Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3

  - Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.8");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0952");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes-v15.0");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
  script_dependencies("secpod_ms_visual_prdts_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Microsoft/VisualStudio/Ver");
  script_require_ports(139, 445);
  exit(0);
}

include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_reg.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");

vsVer = get_kb_item("Microsoft/VisualStudio/Ver");
if(!vsVer){
  exit(0);
}

os_arch = get_kb_item("SMB/Windows/Arch");
if(!os_arch){
  exit(0);
}

## VS 2015
## Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 : Covered in KB4469516

if("x86" >< os_arch){
  key_list = make_list("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7");
}

else if("x64" >< os_arch){
  key_list = make_list("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7", "SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7");
}

foreach key (key_list)
{
  installPath = registry_get_sz(key:key, item:"15.0");
  if(!installPath){
    continue;
  }

  binPath = installPath + "Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\";
  dllVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:binPath, file_name:"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.dll");
  if(dllVer)
  {
    ##For VS 2017 15.0
    if(version_is_less(version:dllVer, test_version:"1.8.58.40810")){
      vulnerable_range = "Less than 1.8.58.40810";
    }

    ##For VS 2017 15.8
    else if(version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"1.15.0", test_version2:"1.17.1222.28280")){
      vulnerable_range = "1.15 - 1.17.1222.28280";
    }

    if(vulnerable_range)
    {
      report = report_fixed_ver(file_checked: binPath + "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.dll",
                                file_version:dllVer, vulnerable_range:vulnerable_range);
      security_message(data:report);
      exit(0);
    }
  }
}
exit(0);

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