PT-2018-3940 · Microsoft · Visual Studio+1

Published 2018-07-10 · Updated 2022-11-21 · CVE-2018-8172

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Visual Studio (affected versions not specified) Expression Blend 4 (affected versions not specified)

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to insufficient access control checks in the software, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted file. This issue is related to the software not properly checking the source markup of a file for an unbuilt project.

Recommendations For Microsoft Visual Studio, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For Expression Blend 4, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-06456

CVE-2018-8172

Affected Products

Expression Blend 4

Visual Studio

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/SyFi/CVE-2018-8172 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06456 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8172 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8172 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2018-8172 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8172 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104616 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041253 · Note