What is CVE-2018-6978?

CVE-2018-6978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Vrealize Operations, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2018-12-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-6978?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Vmware Vrealize Operations

CVE-2018-6978

vRealize Operations (7.x before 7.0.0.11287810, 6.7.x before 6.7.0.11286837 and 6.6.x before 6.6.1.11286876) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions of support scripts. Admin user of the vROps application with shell access may exploit this issue to elevate the privileges to root on a vROps machine. Note: the admin user (non-sudoer) should not be confused with root of the vROps machine.

EPSS: 0.003 (25.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Vmware Vrealize_operations
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6978?: CVE-2018-6978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Vrealize Operations, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2018-12-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-6978?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.