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

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

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/11/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
12/11/2018
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4471321-1f82da30-7a0c-4189-8206-b8bd846fc40a
  • msft-kb4471321-7df4436e-0ced-46c1-885f-8b7f28c90b57
  • msft-kb4471321-d8cbc402-b6d7-4dee-afea-4cd24f17f7a9
  • msft-kb4471323-0442e432-26cc-4a49-83fe-58f23a8faf88
  • msft-kb4471323-1f48ea87-9464-4a31-8b37-97bd8be11607
  • msft-kb4471324-0e2209a8-b313-4182-a691-bc0359625c49
  • msft-kb4471324-9ba7b397-2fd3-4ba9-bfee-3ed1dd3eb602
  • msft-kb4471324-b00ee170-59ea-4273-b954-98e3cdc792e2
  • msft-kb4471327-3cf458e0-ccb2-4d2b-aedb-ec7c5662ed3f
  • msft-kb4471327-d3230f4d-8567-48b1-84a5-01a6297f6c0d
  • msft-kb4471329-4596bf15-3446-45d2-b7ee-f8f13d8975c8
  • msft-kb4471329-8397c215-e9e9-4016-9c86-a53138d613ad
  • msft-kb4471329-d0c3a1b3-42d6-447b-b120-4553beaa0b0b
  • msft-kb4471332-3761d6e6-6044-4ef8-968e-cb9b2f4e278b
  • msft-kb4471332-6e676d6c-db05-4979-b1ab-0aa1e81413ee
  • msft-kb4471332-a065b5b1-6a82-42e6-9f77-3f1cd1467717

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