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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cve-icon 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

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cve-icon 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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