CVE-2018-6979 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2018-6979

The VMware Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management Console (A/W Console)...

Vulnerability Description

The VMware Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management Console (A/W Console) 9.7.x prior to 9.7.0.3, 9.6.x prior to 9.6.0.7, 9.5.x prior to 9.5.0.16, 9.4.x prior to 9.4.0.22, 9.3.x prior to 9.3.0.25, 9.2.x prior to 9.2.3.27, and 9.1.x prior to 9.1.5.6 contains a SAML authentication bypass vulnerability which can be leveraged during device enrollment. This vulnerability may allow for a malicious actor to impersonate an authorized SAML session if certificate-based authentication is enabled. This vulnerability is also relevant if certificate-based authentication is not enabled, but the outcome of exploitation is limited to an information disclosure (Important Severity) in those cases.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

VMware Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management Console (AirWatch Console)
Vulnerable Versions:
9.7.x prior to 9.7.0.8, 9.6.x prior to 9.6.0.8, 9.5.x prior to 9.5.0.17, 9.4.x prior to 9.4.0.23, 9.3.x prior to 9.3.0.25, 9.2.x prior to 9.2.3.28, 9.1.x prior to 9.1.5.6

Timeline

Official Publish: October 5th, 2018
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.