VMware Horizon View Client 5.x < 5.4.2 DACL Privilege Escalation (VMSA-2015-0005)

high Nessus Plugin ID 84804

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Synopsis

The virtualization application installed on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of VMware Horizon View Client installed on the remote host is 5.x (with local mode) prior to 5.4.2. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability due to a failure to provide a valid discretionary access control list (DACL) pointer for the printproxy.exe process. A local attacker, using thread injection, can exploit this to gain elevated privileges or execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware Horizon View Client 5.4.2 (with local mode) or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84804

File Name: vmware_horizon_view_client_vmsa_2015_0005.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/16/2015

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:horizon_view_client

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/VMware Horizon View Client

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3650

BID: 75686

VMSA: 2015-0005

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