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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. 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.

Published

2017-06-08T19:29:00.400

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-77
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application vmware horizon_view 2.0 Yes
Application vmware horizon_view 2.1 Yes
Application vmware horizon_view 2.2 Yes
Application vmware horizon_view 2.3 Yes
Application vmware horizon_view 3.0 Yes
Application vmware horizon_view 3.1 Yes
Application vmware horizon_view 3.2 Yes
Application vmware horizon_view 3.3 Yes
Application vmware horizon_view 4.0.0 Yes
Application vmware horizon_view 4.0.1 Yes
Application vmware horizon_view 4.1.0 Yes
Application vmware horizon_view 4.2.0 Yes
Application vmware horizon_view 4.3.0 Yes
Application vmware horizon_view 4.4.0 Yes
References