VMware Horizon View Client 4.x < 4.8.1 Information Disclosure Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0019)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 111602

Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of VMware Horizon View Client installed on the remote host is 4.x prior to 4.8.1. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified information disclosure vulnerability related to the Message Framework library.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware Horizon View Client 4.8.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0019.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 111602

File Name: vmware_horizon_view_client_vmsa_2018_0019.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/9/2018

Updated: 3/20/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6970

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:horizon_view_client

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/VMware Horizon View Client

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6970

BID: 105031

VMSA: 2018-0019