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CVE-2017-4946 Details

Description

The VMware V4H and V4PA desktop agents (6.x before 6.5.1) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this issue could result in a low privileged windows user escalating their privileges to SYSTEM.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://gosecure.net/2018/01/10/vmware-horizon-v4h-v4pa-desktop-agent-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2017-4946/ CVE
https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://gosecure.net/2018/01/10/vmware-horizon-v4h-v4pa-desktop-agent-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2017-4946/ [email protected]

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-863Incorrect Authorization[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
vmware vrealize operations for horizon
>= 6.0, < 6.5.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations_for_horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
vmware vrealize operations for published applications
>= 6.1.0, < 6.5.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations_for_published_applications:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-4946
NVD Published Date:
Jan 5, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-4946 Details - Not Deferred