Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-0596 · published 26 June 2018

CVE-2018-0596: Microsoft visual studio community untrusted search path vulnerability

Microsoft · Visual Studio Community

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

7.8 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 5.5% · top 7.5% CWE-426 · Untrusted search path

7.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 6.8

5.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Visual Studio Community Microsoft

References

Link	Tags
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91151862/index.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104563	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/	Vendor Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91151862/index.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104563	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/	Vendor Advisory

Track CVE-2018-0596 inside VULONE

Watch it alongside the ransomware crews, C2 infrastructure and forum chatter that reference it, query it through the API and pull it into your SIEM over TAXII.

Start free Open in platform

Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

7.8CVE-2012-1854Microsoft Office VBE6.dll Untrusted Search Path Privilege EscalationVBE6.dll in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2/SP3, 2010 Gold/SP1, Microsoft VBA, and the Summit Microsoft VBA SDK loads a library from an untrusted…KEVEPSS 21%analysed10 Jul 2012 7.8CVE-2022-23748Audinate Dante mDNSResponder.exe DLL sideloading flawmDNSResponder.exe in Audinate's Dante Application Library improperly specifies how it loads a DLL, including the folder and conditions, allowing a ma…KEVEPSS 9.1%analysed17 Nov 2022 7.8CVE-2022-22047Windows CSRSS elevation of privilege via untrusted search pathCVE-2022-22047 is an elevation of privilege flaw in the Windows Client Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS), classified as CWE-426 (untrusted search pat…KEVEPSS 19%analysed12 Jul 2022

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-0596), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.