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CVE-2018-6979

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6979 describes a SAML authentication bypass vulnerability in multiple versions of VMware Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management Console (A/W Console) that can be exploited during device enrollment. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) allows a remote attacker to impersonate an authorized SAML session, leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts if certificate-based authentication is enabled. If not, it results in information disclosure. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 9.1.0.0, < 9.1.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:airwatch_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.2.0.0, < 9.2.3.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:airwatch_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.3.0.0, < 9.3.0.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:airwatch_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.4.0.0, < 9.4.0.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:airwatch_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.5.0.0, < 9.5.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:airwatch_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.4HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0109 is in the 25th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0024.html
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1041808
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry