High severity · published May 16, 2019
CVE-2019-0727
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector allows file deletion in arbitrary locations.To…
7.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector allows file deletion in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector, Visual Studio Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Windows · Microsoft
1607; 1703; 1709; 1803; 1809; 1903 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio · Microsoft
2015 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2017 · Microsoft
15.0; 15.9 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2019 · Microsoft
16.0 · source: NVD
WS
Windows Server 2016 · Microsoft
1803; 1903 · source: NVD
WS
Windows Server 2019 · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0727
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-0727
Patch
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0727
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