Privilege escalation in VMware Horizon

1) Privilege escalation

EUVDB-ID: #VU13046

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6964

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in VMware Horizon Client for Linux due to an insecure set user id (setuid) binary A local attacker can gain root privileges.

Mitigation

Update to version 4.8.0.

Vulnerable software versions

VMware Horizon: 4.0 - 4.7.0

External links

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0014.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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