What is CVE-2018-6971?

CVE-2018-6971 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Horizon View Agent, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-6971?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Vmware Horizon View Agent

CVE-2018-6971

VMware Horizon View Agents (7.x.x before 7.5.1) contain a local information disclosure vulnerability due to insecure logging of credentials in the vmmsi.log file when an account other than the currently logged on user is specified during i…

EPSS: 0.004 (33.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Vmware Horizon View Agent — versions 7.x.x before 7.5.1
Vmware Horizon_view_agents

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

security@vmware.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
security@vmware.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
security@vmware.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
security@vmware.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6971?: CVE-2018-6971 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Horizon View Agent, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-6971?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.