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CVE-2018-6978

N/A
Published: December 18, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVrealize Operations

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Vrealize Operations· VMware
95%
6.6.0 ≤ v < 6.6.1.112868766.7.0 ≤ v < 6.7.0.112868377.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.0.11287810
Affected range stops below 6.6.1.11286876, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.7.0.11286837, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.0.0.11287810, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106242
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0031.html

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732

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