{"id":"CVE-2018-6960","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-6960","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T03:02:12.893Z","title":"VMware Horizon DaaS (7.x before 8.0.0) contains a broken authentication vulnerability that may allow an attacker to bypass two-factor authentication.","description":"VMware Horizon DaaS (7.x before 8.0.0) contains a broken authentication vulnerability that may allow an attacker to bypass two-factor authentication. Note: In order to exploit this issue, an attacker must have a legitimate account on Horizon DaaS.","published":"2018-04-20T13:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:02:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@vmware.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["vmware/horizon daas"],"epss":{"score":0.02472,"percentile":0.84441,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103938","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040731","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0010.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103938","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040731","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0010.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6960","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}