CVE-2018-6959 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

VMware vRealize Automation (vRA) prior to 7.4.0 contains a vulnerability in the handling of session IDs. Exploitation of this issue may lead to the hijacking of a valid vRA user's session.

Published: 2018-04-13

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

VMware

vRealize Automation

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`prior to 7.4.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-18703	VMware vRealize Automation (vRA) prior to 7.4.0 contains a vulnerability in the handling of session IDs. Exploitation of this issue may lead to the hijacking of a valid vRA user's session.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01993.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103752
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040676
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0009.html

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.01545}`	epss `{'score': 0.013}`

Subscriptions

Vmware Vrealize Automation

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2018-04-13T13:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:01:02.071Z

Reserved: 2018-02-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-6959

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-13T13:29:00.957

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:02:30.880

Link: CVE-2018-6959

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-384
Session Fixation

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