VDB-119900 · CVE-2018-0597 · BID 104563

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Search Path untrusted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Visual Studio and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Installer. Such manipulation as part of Search Path leads to untrusted search path. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-0597. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Visual Studio (Programming Tool Software) (the affected version is unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Installer. The manipulation as part of a Search Path leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Visual Studio Code allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

The bug was discovered 05/17/2018. The weakness was published 06/26/2018 with Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. (Website). The advisory is shared for download at jvn.jp. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-0597 since 11/27/2017. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/22/2020). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 40 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 104563†). Similar entries are available at VDB-119895, VDB-119896, VDB-119897 and VDB-119898. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

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Class: Untrusted search path
CWE: CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

11/27/2017 🔍
05/17/2018 +171 days 🔍
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06/26/2018 +39 days 🔍
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02/22/2020 +606 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: jvn.jp
Organization: Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc.
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-0597 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0597
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-119900
SecurityFocus: 104563 - Multiple Microsoft Products DLL Loading Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2018 00:17
Updated: 02/22/2020 08:17
Changes: 06/27/2018 00:17 (61), 02/22/2020 08:17 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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