CVE-2017-4918

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    CVE-2017-4918

    Published: 8 Jun 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038642, , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98984, https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0011.html

    Affected packages

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    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High