Critical severity · published Jun 8, 2017
CVE-2017-4918
VMware Horizon View Client (2.x, 3.x and 4.x prior to 4.5.0) contains a command injection vulnerability in the service startup script
9.8
CVSS
4.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
VMware Horizon View Client (2.x, 3.x and 4.x prior to 4.5.0) contains a command injection vulnerability in the service startup script. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to root on the Mac OSX system where the client is installed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.9% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HV
Horizon View · Vmware
2.0; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 3.0; 3.1; +8 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4918
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-4918
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98984
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038642
Vendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0011.html
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