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CVE-2018-6972

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201806401-BG, 6.0 before ESXi600-201806401-BG and 5.5 b

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201806401-BG, 6.0 before ESXi600-201806401-BG and 5.5 before ESXi550-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to NULL pointer dereference issue in RPC handler. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.02794
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules10 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference
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Affected Products & Versions

3
vmware workstation>= 14.0 and < 14.1.2
vmware fusion>= 10.0 and < 10.1.2
vmware esxiall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productmediumSuspicious Workstation Locking via Rundll32
productinformationalLocked Workstation
producthighESXi Admin Permission Assigned To Account Via ESXCLI
productmediumESXi Storage Information Discovery Via ESXCLI
productmediumESXi Network Configuration Discovery Via ESXCLI
productmediumESXi VSAN Information Discovery Via ESXCLI
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Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · security@vmware.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD25 Jul 2018 · 01:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104884Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041356Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
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