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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published: 2018-12-18T20:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T06:17:17.335Z
Reserved: 2018-02-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-6978
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-12-18T20:29:00.213
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:11:31.297
Link: CVE-2018-6978
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