Information disclosure in VMware Horizon - CVE-2018-6971
Published: July 23, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13955
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6971
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the system logs authentication credentials in the 'vmmsi.log' log file when an account other than the current user account is specified during installation. A local attacker can view the passwords.
Affected software
VMware Horizon
VMware ESXi
VMware Fusion
VMware Workstation
VMware ESXi
VMware Fusion
VMware Workstation
How to mitigate CVE-2018-6971
Update to version 7.5.1.
VMware Horizon - update to 7.5.1