CVE-2018-6971

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-6971
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-25 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-532

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Horizon View Agents All All All All
Application Vmware Horizon View Agents All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMSA-2018-0018 CONFIRM www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
VMware Horizon View Agent Logging Error Lets Local Users View Passwords - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VMware ESXi Null Pointer Dereference in RPC Handler Lets Local Users on a Guest System Cause Denial of Service Conditions on Their Guest System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VMware Horizon View Agent CVE-2018-6971 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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