CVE-2018-6971

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
VMware Horizon View Agents (7.x.x before 7.5.1) contain a local information disclosure vulnerability due to insecure logging of credentials in the vmmsi.log file when an account other than the currently logged on user is specified during installation (including silent installations). Successful exploitation of this issue may allow low privileged users access to the credentials specified during the Horizon View Agent installation.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-6971
  • Assigner
  • security@vmware.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-07-25T13:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-532 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/532.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view_agents:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 7.0.0 7.5.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104883 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041358 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6971
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6971
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:44:08 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 10:29:28 2018-07-25T13:29Z 2018-07-25T13:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 10:29:28 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 10:29:28 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated