CVE-2018-6971

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

VMware Horizon View Agents (7.x.x before 7.5.1) contain a local information disclosure vulnerability due to insecure logging of credentials in the vmmsi.log file when an account other than the currently logged on user is specified during installation (including silent installations). Successful exploitation of this issue may allow low privileged users access to the credentials specified during the Horizon View Agent installation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-532

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 25, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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