Privilege escalation in VMware Horizon - CVE-2017-4918
Published: June 9, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7003
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2017-4918
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
VMware Horizon
VMware Horizon
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-4918
Update to version 4.5.