Is CVE-2018-6971 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6971 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6971?

CVE-2018-6971 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6971?

CVE-2018-6971 has an EPSS score of 0.42% (34th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6971?

Upgrade horizon view agents to 7.5.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6971

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

VMware Horizon View Agents (7.x.x before 7.5.1) contain a local information disclosure vulnerability due to insecure logging of credentials in the vmmsi.log file when an account other than the currently logged on user is specified during installation (including silent installations). Successful exploitation of this issue may allow low privileged users access to the credentials specified during the Horizon View Agent installation.

CWE-532

How to fix

Remediation Available

horizon view agentsNVD

Affected:>= 7.0.0, < 7.5.1Fixed in:7.5.1CVE-2018-6971derived 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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.42%probability of exploitation in 30 days

34thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 34% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-532 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-1622	Medium	5.3	79%	-	-
CVE-2020-35234	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-43261	High	7.5	60%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20440	High	7.5	51%	-	-
CVE-2018-3609	High	8.1	22%	-	-
CVE-2018-8719	Medium	5.3	16%	-	-

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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.