PT-2017-2636 · Vmware+1 · Vmware Horizon View Client+1

Published 2017-06-08 · Updated 2017-07-08 · CVE-2017-4918

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Horizon View Client versions 2.x through 4.x prior to 4.5.0

Description The issue is related to a lack of input sanitization in the script that starts services for the VMware Horizon View Client virtualization system. This could allow an unprivileged, remote attacker to escalate their privileges to a superuser. The vulnerability may be exploited to gain root access on Mac OSX systems where the client is installed.

Recommendations For versions 2.x through 4.x prior to 4.5.0, update to version 4.5.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-77

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01863

CVE-2017-4918

Affected Products

Macos X

Vmware Horizon View Client

References · 7

• 🔥 https://bogner.sh/2017/07/cve-2017-4918-code-injection-in-vmware-horizons-macos-client · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01863 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-4918 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4918 · Security Note
• https://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0011.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98984 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038642 · Note