#VU13955 Information disclosure in VMware Horizon - CVE-2018-6971

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#VU13955 Information disclosure in VMware Horizon - CVE-2018-6971

Published: July 23, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13955
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6971
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
VMware Horizon
Software vendor:
VMware, Inc

Description

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.


Remediation

Update to version 7.5.1.

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