PT-2018-17851

CVE-2018-6971

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Published

2018-07-25

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Updated

2019-10-03

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.8
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Horizon View Agents versions 7.0.0 through 7.5.0
Description The issue is related to insecure logging of credentials in the vmmsi.log file. This occurs when an account other than the currently logged on user is specified during installation, including silent installations. Successful exploitation may allow low privileged users access to the credentials specified during the Horizon View Agent installation.
Recommendations For versions 7.0.0 through 7.5.0, update to version 7.5.1 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Related identifiers
CVE-2018-6971
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