{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6978 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6978 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-6978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Dec 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-6978 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-6978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Dec 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6978 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6978/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6978/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-6978","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6978/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-6978","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-6www-r2fm-fcq7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware vRealize Operations","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A local admin user with shell access can exploit improper script permissions to escalate privileges to root on the vRealize Operations machine.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[{"product":"vrealize_operations","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":6.7,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-732","name":"Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-6978","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Auth bypass in VMware Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management Console (AirWatch Console)","id":"CVE-2018-6979"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Denial of service in ESXi","id":"CVE-2018-6977"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2018-12-18","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7457","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-12-29"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Code injection in vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter","id":"CVE-2020-3943","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-02-19"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in VMware vRealize Operations (vROps)","id":"CVE-2023-20856","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-02-01"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware vRealize Operations","id":"CVE-2022-31673","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-08-09"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"Auth bypass in vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter","id":"CVE-2020-3944","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-02-19"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"Deserialization in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7462","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-12-29"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Auth bypass in VMware vRealize Operations","id":"CVE-2022-31675","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-08-09"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"A local admin user with shell access can exploit improper script permissions to escalate privileges to root on the vRealize Operations machine.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6978/"}