CVE-2018-6968The VMware AirWatch Agent for Android prior to 8.2 and AirWatch Agent for Windows Mobile prior to 6.5.2 contain a remote code execution…
- 10.0CriticalCVSS base score
- 4.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The VMware AirWatch Agent for Android prior to 8.2 and AirWatch Agent for Windows Mobile prior to 6.5.2 contain a remote code execution vulnerability in real time File Manager capabilities. This vulnerability may allow for unauthorized creation and execution of files in the Agent sandbox and other publicly accessible directories such as those on the SD card by a malicious administrator.
Timeline
ID reserved
By vmware
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.8% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Affected products
- affected AirWatch Agent for Android prior to 8.2
- affected AirWatch Agent for Windows Mobile prior to 6.5.2
References
References3
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0015.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 104441 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1041060 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-18712 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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