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

CVE-2018-0599

Description

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

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Affected products

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

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN81196185/index.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory

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