CVE-2017-4918

high-risk

Published 2017-06-08

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.

Do I need to act?

3.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (14)

Horizon View

Affected Vendors

Vmware

References (6)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98984

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038642

Vendor Advisory https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0011.html

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98984

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038642

Vendor Advisory https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0011.html

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high-risk

Severity 32/34 · Critical

Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal

Exposure 18/34 · Moderate