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…

published December 18, 2018

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
25.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00331 · 25.0th percentile
Published
2018-12-18T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 DEC 20:00Z
    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…
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