CVE-2018-8533
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) when parsing malicious XML content…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) when parsing malicious XML content containing a reference to an external entity, aka "SQL Server Management Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects SQL Server Management Studio 17.9, SQL Server Management Studio 18.0. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8527, CVE-2018-8532.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 45583 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 23.4% · top 2.2% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- Information Disclosure
- CWE-611 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-611 and its CVEs
Affected products
Microsoft · SQL Server Management Studio 17.9
- affected SQL Server Management Studio 17.9
Microsoft · SQL Server Management Studio 18.0
- affected (Preview 4)
References (4)
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8533 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 45583 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1041826 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 105476 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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