Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2018-6971 First vendor Publication 2018-07-25
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2019-10-03

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.8
Base Score 7.8 Environmental Score 7.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6971

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-532 Information Leak Through Log Files

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104883
CONFIRM https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.html
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041358

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Date Informations
2021-05-04 13:19:32
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2021-04-22 02:34:31
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2020-05-23 01:19:02
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2019-10-03 09:21:26
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2018-10-02 21:20:01
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2018-07-28 09:19:24
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2018-07-27 09:18:59
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2018-07-25 17:19:14
  • First insertion