Published: 2018/05/17 Last Updated: 2018/05/17

Information from Microsoft Japan Co.,Ltd.

Vulnerability ID:JVN#81196185
Title:The installer of Visual C++ Redistributable may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries
Status:Vulnerable

This is a statement from the vendor itself with no modification by JPCERT/CC.

How Microsoft will respond to DLL planting issues is explained in the following blog article.

Triaging a DLL planting vulnerability
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/04/04/triaging-a-dll-planting-vulnerability/