Is CVE-2018-6968 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6968 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6968?

CVE-2018-6968 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6968?

CVE-2018-6968 has an EPSS score of 5.06% (91th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6968?

Upgrade airwatch agent to 6.5.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6968

CRITICALEPSS 91th pctl

10.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The VMware AirWatch Agent for Android prior to 8.2 and AirWatch Agent for Windows Mobile prior to 6.5.2 contain a remote code execution vulnerability in real time File Manager capabilities. This vulnerability may allow for unauthorized creation and execution of files in the Agent sandbox and other publicly accessible directories such as those on the SD card by a malicious administrator.

How to fix

Remediation Available

airwatch agentNVD

Affected:< 6.5.2Fixed in:6.5.2CVE-2018-6968derived from NVD

Affected:< 8.2Fixed in:8.2CVE-2018-6968derived 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 RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

5.06%probability of exploitation in 30 days

91stpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 91% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory2

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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.