CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-6978

6.7 MEDIUM Published 2018-12-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-12-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-732

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• vmware vrealize operations (>= 6.6.0 < 6.6.1.11286876) • vmware vrealize operations (>= 6.7.0 < 6.7.0.11286837) • vmware vrealize operations (>= 7.0.0 < 7.0.0.11287810)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness

References