CVE-2017-4946

high

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

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-207a

https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441

http://gosecure.net/2018/01/10/vmware-horizon-v4h-v4pa-desktop-agent-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2017-4946/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-01-05

Updated: 2019-10-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H