Privilege escalation in VMware vRealize Operations for Published Applications - CVE-2017-4946
Published: January 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9930
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-2017-4946
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
VMware vRealize Operations for Published Applications
VMware vRealize Operations for Published Applications
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an unspecified condition in the vRealize Operations for Horizon and the vRealize Operations for Published Applications desktop agents. A local attacker can gain system privileges and perform further attacks.
The weakness exists due to an unspecified condition in the vRealize Operations for Horizon and the vRealize Operations for Published Applications desktop agents. A local attacker can gain system privileges and perform further attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-4946
Update to version 4.5.1.