CVE-2017-4918

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
VMware Horizon View Client (2.x, 3.x and 4.x prior to 4.5.0) contains a command injection vulnerability in the service startup script. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to root on the Mac OSX system where the client is installed.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-4918
  • Assigner
  • security@vmware.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-06-08T19:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-07-08T01:29:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-77 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/77.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0011.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98984 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038642
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4918
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-4918
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:39:21 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:35:00 2017-06-08T19:29Z 2017-06-08T19:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 17:35:00 2017-07-08T01:29:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 17:35:00 Modified Vulnerability Status updated