CVE-2017-4918

critical

Description

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.

References

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

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98984

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-06-08

Updated: 2017-07-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical