Security restrictions bypass in Aria Automation (formerly vRealize Automation) - CVE-2018-6959

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11825

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6959

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists in the handling of session IDs due to missing renewal of session tokens. A remote attacker can bypass security restrictions and hijack a valid vRA user's session.

Aria Automation (formerly vRealize Automation)

Update to version 7.4.0.

• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0009.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware vRealize Automation