CVE-2018-0596: High severity visual studio community 2022 vulnerability
Published Jun 26, 2018
·Updated
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.
Affected Software
1 affected component
Microsoft Visual Studio Community
Event History
Jun 26, 2018
CVE Published
via MITRE·02:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·02:00 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What access does an attacker need to exploit this issue?
The attack vector is local and requires user interaction. An attacker would need to use a Trojan horse DLL placed in an unspecified directory that the installer searches.
2
Is an installation that does not run the Visual Studio Community installer directly exposed?
The affected component identified is the Visual Studio Community installer. The provided information does not identify exposure outside of use of that installer.