CVE-2018-6978 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting VMware vRealize Operations versions 7.x, 6.7.x, and 6.6.x due to improper permissions on support scripts. An authenticated vROps admin user with shell access can exploit this to elevate privileges to root on the vROps machine. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and requiring high privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.6.0, < 6.6.1.11286876CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.7.0, < 6.7.0.11286837CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.0.11287810CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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