VMSA-2018-0031
vRealize Operations updates address a local privilege escalation vulnerability
VMware Security Advisory
1. Summary
vRealize Operations updates address a local privilege escalation vulnerability
2. Relevant Products
- vRealize Operations (vROps)
3. Problem Description
Privilege escalation vulnerability in support scripts
vROps 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.
**The admin user (non-sudoer) should not be confused with root of the vROps machine.
VMware would like to thank Alessandro Zanni, pentester at OVH for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6978 to this issue.
Column 5 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.
VMware Product
Product Version
Running on
Severity
Replace with/ Apply Patch
Mitigation/ Workaround
4. Solution
Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.
vRealize Operations 7.0.0.11287810
Downloads and Documentation:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VROPS-700&productId=788&
vRealize Operations 6.7.0.11286837
Downloads and Documentation:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VROPS-670&productId=735&rPId=22153
vRealize Operations 6.6.1.11286876
Downloads and Documentation:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VROPS-661&productId=656&rPId=21231
6. Change log
VMSA-2018-0031 2018-12-18
Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of vROps 6.6.x, 6.7.x and 7.x patches on 2018-12-18.
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