CVE-2017-4918

CRITICAL

VMware Horizon View Client <4.5.0 - Command Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038642
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98984

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0301
EPSS Percentile 86.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-77
Status published
Products (17)
VMware/Horizon View Client for Mac 2.x
VMware/Horizon View Client for Mac 3.x
VMware/Horizon View Client for Mac 4.x prior to 4.5.0
vmware/horizon_view 2.0
vmware/horizon_view 2.1
vmware/horizon_view 2.2
vmware/horizon_view 2.3
vmware/horizon_view 3.0
vmware/horizon_view 3.1
vmware/horizon_view 3.2
... and 7 more
Published Jun 08, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026