CVE-2019-0727 — An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard

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

01What is this vulnerability?

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'.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio	2015 Update 3
Microsoft	Windows	10 for 32-bit Systems, 10 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems, 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems, 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
Microsoft	Windows Server	2016, 2016 (Core installation), version 1803 (Core Installation), 2019, 2019 (Core installation)
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2017	version 15.9, 15.0
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32	bit Systems — unspecified
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64	based Systems — unspecified
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64	based Systems — unspecified
Microsoft	Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)	unspecified
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2019	16.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-05-16T18:17:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T17:58:57.966Z

09References

• portal.msrc.microsoft.com — https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0727