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CVE-2018-6964

VMware Horizon Client for Linux (4.x before 4.8.0 and prior) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure usage of SUID binary. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to root on a Linux machine where Horizon Client is installed.

Published

2018-05-29T20:29:02.813

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:11:29.643

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
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	vmware	horizon_client	< 4.8.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	-	No

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104315 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040989 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0014.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104315 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040989 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0014.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)