5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-8518
Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege
Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft SharePoint. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8480, CVE-2018-8488, CVE-2018-8498.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 10, 2018, 1:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-8518 has a 15 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-8518 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft sharepoint_enterprise_server
2 Microsoft sharepoint_server
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-8518.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105496 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041835 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8518 Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Pentesting Active Directory

Updated: 7 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 15, 2024, 7:54 a.m. This repo has been linked 17 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 9 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 29, 2024, 7:44 a.m. This repo has been linked 17 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
12 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 23, 2023, 1:54 p.m. This repo has been linked 17 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 years, 2 months ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Sept. 16, 2022, 10:31 a.m. This repo has been linked 17 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 years, 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 26, 2022, 8:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 17 different CVEs too.

Attack and defend active directory using modern post exploitation adversary tradecraft activity

Updated: 2 years, 3 months ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Aug. 1, 2022, 5:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 17 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 years, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 9, 2022, 2:06 p.m. This repo has been linked 17 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
138 stars 33 fork 33 watcher
Born at : Aug. 31, 2021, 11:17 a.m. This repo has been linked 13 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
8 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : April 15, 2021, 10:38 a.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 4 years ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 20, 2020, 12:09 p.m. This repo has been linked 14 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year ago
27 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : Aug. 5, 2020, 2:57 a.m. This repo has been linked 13 different CVEs too.

AD-Attack-Defense

Python

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
7 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : May 2, 2020, 11:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 13 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 10 months ago
4 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 26, 2020, 12:15 a.m. This repo has been linked 13 different CVEs too.

https://github.com/infosecn1nja/AD-Attack-Defense

Updated: 7 months ago
15 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Dec. 2, 2019, 9:16 p.m. This repo has been linked 17 different CVEs too.

Attack and defend active directory using modern post exploitation adversary tradecraft activity

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
4382 stars 944 fork 944 watcher
Born at : Nov. 18, 2018, 2:34 p.m. This repo has been linked 17 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-8518 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-8518 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-264 CWE-79
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105496 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105496 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8518 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8518 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041835 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041835 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_enterprise_server:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_enterprise_server:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041835 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105496 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-8518 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-8518 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.59 }} -0.12%

score

0.78524

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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