CVE-2017-4946

HIGH EXPLOITED

VMware V4H & V4PA <6.5.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2017-4946 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 57.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2024-07-25
CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (2)
vmware/vrealize_operations_for_horizon 6.0 - 6.5.1
vmware/vrealize_operations_for_published_applications 6.1.0 - 6.5.1
Published Jan 05, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026