Is CVE-2018-6960 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6960 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6960?

CVE-2018-6960 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6960?

CVE-2018-6960 has an EPSS score of 2.57% (83th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6960?

Upgrade horizon daas to 8.0.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6960

HIGHEPSS 83th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-287Improper Authentication

How to fix

Remediation Available

horizon daasNVD

Affected:>= 7.0.0, < 8.0.0Fixed in:8.0.0CVE-2018-6960derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.57%probability of exploitation in 30 days

83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2023-35082	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-35078	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-7921	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-7593	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-46805	High	8.2	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2022-40684	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.