Is CVE-2018-6978 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6978 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6978?

CVE-2018-6978 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.7 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6978?

CVE-2018-6978 has an EPSS score of 0.33% (25th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6978?

Upgrade vrealize operations to 7.0.0.11287810 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6978

MEDIUM

6.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

How to fix

Remediation Available

vrealize operationsNVD

Affected:>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.0.11287810Fixed in:7.0.0.11287810CVE-2018-6978derived 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 RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.33%probability of exploitation in 30 days

25thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 25% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2011-3923	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-15379	Critical	9.8	86%	-	-
CVE-2018-1000207	High	7.2	64%	-	-
CVE-2023-32986	High	8.8	63%	-	-
CVE-2021-44521	Critical	9.1	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-13374	Medium	4.3	38%	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.