CVE-2018-6978

6.7 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (6.7) in vmware vrealize operations. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.7 medium

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 26% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-732
Published: 2018-12-18
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

vmware:vrealize_operations

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106242
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0031.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106242
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0031.html

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