Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU13046

Privilege escalation in VMware Horizon - CVE-2018-6964

Published: May 29, 2018 / Updated: May 30, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU13046

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6964

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: VMware, Inc

Affected software:
VMware Horizon

Detailed vulnerability 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.

Update to version 4.8.0.