VMware vRealize Operations up to 6.6.1/6.7.0/7.0.0 access control

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.7$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VMware vRealize Operations up to 6.6.1/6.7.0/7.0.0. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-6978. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in VMware vRealize Operations up to 6.6.1/6.7.0/7.0.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE 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 bug was discovered 12/18/2018. The weakness was released 12/18/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at vmware.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-6978 since 02/14/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 119834 (VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.6.x < 6.6.1.11286876 / 6.7.x < 6.7.0.11286837 / 7.x < 7.0.0.11287810 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0031)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 216182 (VmWare vRealize Operations Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0031)).

Upgrading to version 6.6.1.11286876, 6.7.0.11286837 or 7.0.0.11287810 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (119834) and SecurityFocus (BID 106242†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.7
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 119834
Nessus Name: VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.6.x < 6.6.1.11286876 / 6.7.x < 6.7.0.11286837 / 7.x < 7.0.0.11287810 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0031)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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

Upgrade: vRealize Operations 6.6.1.11286876/6.7.0.11286837/7.0.0.11287810

Timelineinfo

02/14/2018 🔍
12/18/2018 +307 days 🔍
12/18/2018 +0 days 🔍
12/18/2018 +0 days 🔍
12/18/2018 +0 days 🔍
12/18/2018 +0 days 🔍
12/19/2018 +1 days 🔍
12/21/2018 +2 days 🔍
04/21/2020 +487 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: vmware.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-6978 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6978
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-128101
SecurityFocus: 106242 - VMware vRealize Operations CVE-2018-6978 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2018 07:45
Updated: 04/21/2020 20:49
Changes: 12/19/2018 07:45 (67), 04/21/2020 20:49 (5)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to stay up to date on a daily basis?

Enable the mail alert feature now!