CVE-2018-6978: VMware vRealize Operations

Medium severity, CVSS 6.7. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

vRealize Operations (7.x before 7.0.0.11287810, 6.7.x before 6.7.0.11286837 and 6.6.x before 6.6.1.11286876) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions of support scripts. Admin user of the vROps application with shell access may exploit this issue to elevate the privileges to root on a vROps machine. Note: the admin user (non-sudoer) should not be confused with root of the vROps machine.

Affected products

• VMware vRealize Operations: from 6.6.0, before 6.6.1.11286876 (fixed in 6.6.1.11286876); from 6.7.0, before 6.7.0.11286837 (fixed in 6.7.0.11286837); from 7.0.0, before 7.0.0.11287810 (fixed in 7.0.0.11287810)

Published 2018-12-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.