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.
References
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http://gosecure.net/2018/01/10/vmware-horizon-v4h-v4pa-desktop-agent-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2017-4946/ | |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published: 2018-01-04T00:00:00
Updated: 2018-01-31T23:57:01
Reserved: 2016-12-26T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-4946
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-01-05T14:29:10.500
Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223
Link: CVE-2017-4946
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE