VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-4946
The VMware V4H and V4PA desktop agents (6.x before 6.5.1) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.50%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.50% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Affected
- vmware/vrealize operations for horizon · vmware/vrealize operations for published applications
- Source
- security@vmware.com
References
- http://gosecure.net/2018/01/10/vmware-horizon-v4h-v4pa-desktop-agent-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2017-4946/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://gosecure.net/2018/01/10/vmware-horizon-v4h-v4pa-desktop-agent-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2017-4946/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.