CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
64.8%
The remote VMware ESXi host is version 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, or 6.7 and is missing a security patch. It is, therefore, vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability. The vulnerability exists in the RPC handler due to a NULL pointer dereference issue. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to cause VMs to stop responding.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(134878);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/09/02");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-6972");
script_bugtraq_id(104884);
script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2018-0018");
script_name(english:"VMware ESXi 5.5 / 6.0 / 6.5 / 6.7 DoS (VMSA-2018-0018) (remote check)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote VMware ESXi host is missing a security patch and is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote VMware ESXi host is version 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, or 6.7 and is missing a security patch. It is, therefore,
vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability. The vulnerability exists in the RPC handler due to a NULL pointer
dereference issue. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to cause VMs to stop responding.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Apply the appropriate patch as referenced in the vendor advisory.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-6972");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/07/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/07/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/03/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esxi");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("vmware_vsphere_detect.nbin");
script_require_keys("Host/VMware/version", "Host/VMware/release", "Host/VMware/vsphere");
exit(0);
}
fixes = make_array(
'5.5', '8934887',
'6.0', '8934903',
'6.5', '8935087',
'6.7', '8941472'
);
rel = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/VMware/release");
if ("ESXi" >!< rel) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "ESXi");
ver = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/VMware/version");
port = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/VMware/vsphere");
match = pregmatch(pattern:"^ESXi? ([0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*$", string:ver);
if (isnull(match)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_BUILD, "VMware ESXi", "5.5 / 6.0 / 6.5 / 6.7");
ver = match[1];
if (ver != '5.5' && ver != '6.0' && ver != '6.5' && ver != '6.7')
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "ESXi 5.5 / 6.0 / 6.5 / 6.7");
fixed_build = fixes[ver];
if (empty_or_null(fixed_build)) audit(AUDIT_VER_FORMAT, ver);
match = pregmatch(pattern:'^VMware ESXi.*build-([0-9]+)$', string:rel);
if (isnull(match)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_BUILD, "VMware ESXi", "5.5 / 6.0 / 6.5 / 6.7");
build = int(match[1]);
if (build < fixed_build)
{
report = '\n ESXi version : ' + ver +
'\n Installed build : ' + build +
'\n Fixed build : ' + fixed_build +
'\n';
security_report_v4(port:port, severity:SECURITY_WARNING, extra:report);
}
else audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, "VMware ESXi", ver + " build " + build);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
64.8%