CVE-2017-4918
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.9% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.86% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-77 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-06-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| vmware | horizon view |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD