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GHSA-W5GH-72FC-WFGF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:53 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:53

Details

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.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2018-6964 (GCVE-0-2018-6964)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-29 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:11

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Local privilege escalation vulnerability

Assigner

vmware mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040989	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104315	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
VMware	Horizon Client for Linux	Affected: 4.x before 4.8.0 and prior

Date Public

2018-05-29 00:00

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