PT-2018-17844 · Vmware · Vmware Horizon Client

Published 2018-05-29 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-6964

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Horizon Client for Linux versions prior to 4.8.0

Description The issue is due to insecure usage of a SUID binary, which may allow unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to root on a Linux machine where the software is installed.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.8.0, update to version 4.8.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-6964

Affected Products

Vmware Horizon Client

References · 5

• https://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0014.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6964 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6964 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104315 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040989 · Note