CVE-2018-6978

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.

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0031.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106242

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3