CVE-2018-0952: Microsoft Visual Studio 2015

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 6.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An Elevation of Privilege vulnerability exists when Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector allows file creation in arbitrary locations, aka "Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Microsoft Visual Studio, Windows 10 Servers.

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2015: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017: affected versions not specified; version 15.8 only
• Microsoft Windows 10: affected versions not specified; version 1607 only; version 1703 only; version 1709 only; version 1803 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected versions not specified; version 1709 only; version 1803 only

Published 2018-08-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.