VDB-116933 · CVE-2018-6960 · BID 103938

VMware Horizon DaaS up to 7.x Two-factor Authentication improper authentication

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7.4$0-$5k0.00

A vulnerability was found in VMware Horizon DaaS up to 7.x and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Two-factor Authentication. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

VMware Horizon DaaS (7.x before 8.0.0) contains a broken authentication vulnerability that may allow an attacker to bypass two-factor authentication. Note: In order to exploit this issue, an attacker must have a legitimate account on Horizon DaaS.

The bug was discovered 04/19/2018. The weakness was presented 04/20/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at vmware.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-6960 since 02/14/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 8.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 103938†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Horizon DaaS 8.0.0

Timelineinfo

02/14/2018 🔍
04/19/2018 +64 days 🔍
04/19/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/20/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/20/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/21/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/03/2023 +1777 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: vmware.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-6960 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6960
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-116933
SecurityFocus: 103938 - VMware Horizon DaaS CVE-2018-6960 Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040731

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 04/21/2018 06:52 PM
Updated: 03/03/2023 03:46 PM
Changes: 04/21/2018 06:52 PM (61), 01/30/2020 01:06 PM (4), 03/03/2023 03:46 PM (4)
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