Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-6978
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 3.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.7
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
Products affected by CVE-2018-6978
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:6.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:6.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:6.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:7.0.0