Is CVE-2018-8599 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-8599 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-8599?

CVE-2018-8599 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-8599?

CVE-2018-8599 has an EPSS score of 0.99% (58th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2018-8599?

No published fix for CVE-2018-8599 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-8599

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations, aka "Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

CWE-273

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.99%probability of exploitation in 30 days

58thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 58% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

portal.msrc.microsoft.com

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.