Microsoft Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service CVE-2018-8599 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges. An attacker with unprivileged access to a vulnerable system could exploit this vulnerability. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service properly impersonates file operations.

affected-products-logoAffected Applications

Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
Windows Server version 1709 (Server Core Installation)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
Windows Server version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9
Windows 10
Windows Server 2019

CVE References

CVE-2018-8599