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CVE-2018-0596

high

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104563

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91151862/index.html

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-06-26

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02136