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CVE-2017-4946

The VMware V4H and V4PA desktop agents (6.x before 6.5.1) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this issue could result in a low privileged windows user escalating their privileges to SYSTEM.

Published

2018-01-05T14:29:10.500

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:26:44.287

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-863

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	vmware	vrealize_operations_for_horizon	< 6.5.1	Yes
Application	vmware	vrealize_operations_for_published_applications	< 6.5.1	Yes

References

http://gosecure.net/2018/01/10/vmware-horizon-v4h-v4pa-desktop-agent-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2017-4946/ ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://gosecure.net/2018/01/10/vmware-horizon-v4h-v4pa-desktop-agent-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2017-4946/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)