High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 26, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-0596

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.

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Affected products

Microsoft/Visual Studio Communityllm-create
Microsoft/Visual Studio C++ Redistributable Installercpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91151862/index.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104563nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/nvdVendor Advisory

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