Vulnerability in Microsoft Self-Extracting Archive Files Created By Iexpress Bundled With Windows
CVE-2018-0598
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Self-extracting archive files created by IExpress bundled with Microsoft Windows allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.100 (95.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 95th percentile — 95.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.098 · newest: 0.100 · change: +0.003
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerabilit… (Broken Link)
- jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN72748502/index.html (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2018/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-0598?
- CVE-2018-0598 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Self-Extracting Archive Files Created By Iexpress Bundled With Windows, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-26.
- How severe is CVE-2018-0598?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.