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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# 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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19 Feb 2024 00:00Current
8.1High risk
Vulners AI Score8.1
CVSS 27.2
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