Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio - CVE-2018-8172ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:46440 | Date: (C)2018-07-12 (M)2022-11-28 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio software when the software does not check the source markup of a file for an unbuilt project. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Vista |
Microsoft Windows XP |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows 8 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Product: |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 |