Privilege escalation in VMware Horizon View

1) Privilege escalation

EUVDB-ID: #VU7003

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-4918

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a targeted system.

The weakness exists due to improper security restrictions imposed by the service startup script of the affected software. A local attacker can execute arbitrary commands and gain root-privileged access to the Mac OSX system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in full control over the system.

Mitigation

Update to version 4.5.

Vulnerable software versions

VMware Horizon: 2.1 - 4.0

External links

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

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.