CVE-2017-4918

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.

• CWE-77

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98984Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038642
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0011.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98984Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038642
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0011.htmlVendor Advisory

Published

Jun 8, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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