CVE-2017-4918 (GCVE-0-2017-4918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-08 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:47
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Command injection vulnerability
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038642 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98984 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
VMware Horizon View Client for Mac Affected: 2.x
Affected: 3.x
Affected: 4.x prior to 4.5.0
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Date Public
2017-06-08 00:00
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