PT-2018-18517 · Microsoft · .Net Framework

Soroush Dalili · Published 2018-07-10 · Updated 2022-05-23 · CVE-2018-8260

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions .NET Framework versions 4.7.2

Description A Remote Code Execution issue exists in .NET software due to its failure to check the source markup of a file. This allows an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could take control of the system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. The exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of .NET.

Recommendations For .NET Framework version 4.7.2, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-8260

Affected Products

.Net Framework

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8260 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8260 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8260 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8260 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104666 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041257 · Note