ID CVE-2018-6971
Summary 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.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view_agents:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view_agents:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 2.1 (as of 03-10-2019 - 00:03)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-532
CAPEC
  • Fuzzing and observing application log data/errors for application mapping
    An attacker sends random, malformed, or otherwise unexpected messages to a target application and observes the application's log or error messages returned. Fuzzing techniques involve sending random or malformed messages to a target and monitoring the target's response. The attacker does not initially know how a target will respond to individual messages but by attempting a large number of message variants they may find a variant that trigger's desired behavior. In this attack, the purpose of the fuzzing is to observe the application's log and error messages, although fuzzing a target can also sometimes cause the target to enter an unstable state, causing a crash. By observing logs and error messages, the attacker can learn details about the configuration of the target application and might be able to cause the target to disclose sensitive information.
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
LOCAL LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL NONE NONE
cvss-vector via4 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
refmap via4
bid 104883
confirm https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.html
sectrack
  • 1041357
  • 1041358
Last major update 03-10-2019 - 00:03
Published 25-07-2018 - 13:29
Last modified 03-10-2019 - 00:03
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