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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in VMware Horizon View Agent up to 7.5.0 on Windows. This affects an unknown code block of the component Logging. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability (Password). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 07/19/2018. The weakness was shared 07/19/2018 with Zero Day Initiative as VMSA-2018-0018 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at vmware.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-6971 since 02/14/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 111386 (VMware Horizon View Agent 7.x < 7.5.1 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0018)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370967 (VMware Workstation 14.x, Fusion 10.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2018-0013,VMSA-2018-0016)).

Upgrading to version 7.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (111386). The entries 118111, 118112 and 122172 are related to this item.

Productinfo

Vendor

• VMware

Name

• Horizon View Agent

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Credentials management / Password
CWE: CWE-255
ATT&CK: T1552

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 111386
Nessus Name: VMware Horizon View Agent 7.x < 7.5.1 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0018)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Horizon View Agent 7.5.1

Timelineinfo

02/14/2018 🔍
07/19/2018 +154 days 🔍
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07/20/2018 +1 days 🔍
07/25/2018 +4 days 🔍
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07/27/2018 +2 days 🔍
04/25/2023 +1733 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2018-0018
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-6971 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1041358
SecurityFocus: 104883 - VMware Horizon View Agent CVE-2018-6971 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/25/2018 08:07 AM
Updated: 04/25/2023 03:03 PM
Changes: 07/25/2018 08:07 AM (74), 03/10/2020 08:26 AM (9), 04/25/2023 03:03 PM (4)
Complete: 🔍

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