KLA11383 Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Developer Tools

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Microsoft Developer Tools. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause denial of service, execute arbitrary code, gain privileges.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

1. A denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework can be exploited remotely via specially crafted requests to cause denial of service.
2. A remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code.
3. An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service can be exploited remotely to gain privileges.

Original advisories

CVE-2018-8517

CVE-2018-8540

CVE-2018-8599

Related products

Microsoft-.NET-Framework

Microsoft-Visual-Studio

Microsoft-Windows

Microsoft-Windows-Server

Microsoft-Windows-10

CVE list

CVE-2018-8540 critical

CVE-2018-8517 warning

CVE-2018-8599 warning

KB list

4469516

4470500

4470638

4471329

4471323

4470640

4470498

4471324

4470637

4470601

4470639

4470491

4470641

4470622

4470493

4470600

4471327

4470602

4470492

4470502

4470623

4471321

4470630

4470629

4470499

4470633

4471102

Solution

Install necessary updates from the KB section, that are listed in your Windows Update (Windows Update usually can be accessed from the Control Panel)

Impacts

• ACE

Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to executing by abuser any code or commands at vulnerable machine or process.

• DoS

Denial of service. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to loss of system availability or critical functional fault.

• PE

Privilege escalation. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to performing by abuser actions, which are normally disallowed for current role.

Affected Products

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit SystemsWindows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based SystemsWindows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based SystemsWindows Server 2016Microsoft Visual Studio 2017Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based SystemsWindows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based SystemsWindows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit SystemsWindows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based SystemsWindows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit SystemsWindows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based SystemsWindows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based SystemsWindows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit SystemsMicrosoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit SystemsWindows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based SystemsMicrosoft .NET Framework 4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.1 - 15.8)Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1/4.7.2Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6/4.6.1/4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2