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medium6.7

CVE-2018-6978

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 vulnerabilit…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
VmwareVrealize Operations
from 6.6.0 before 6.6.1.11286876
from 6.7.0 before 6.7.0.11286837
from 7.0.0 before 7.0.0.11287810

Weakness classification

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