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A vulnerability was found in VMware Horizon Client up to 4.7.x on Windows. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
VMware Horizon Client for Linux (4.x before 4.8.0 and prior) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure usage of SUID binary. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to root on a Linux machine where Horizon Client is installed.
The bug was discovered 05/29/2018. The weakness was presented 05/29/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at vmware.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-6964 since 02/14/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110294 (VMware Horizon View Client 4.x < 4.8.0 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0014)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370981 (VMware Horizon Client privilege escalation vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0014)).
Upgrading to version 4.8.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (110294).
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Nessus ID: 110294
Nessus Name: VMware Horizon View Client 4.x < 4.8.0 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0014)
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Horizon Client 4.8.0
Timeline
02/14/2018 🔍05/29/2018 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: vmware.comAdvisory: vmware.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-6964 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1040989
SecurityFocus: 104315 - VMware Horizon Client CVE-2018-6964 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
Entry
Created: 05/30/2018 08:43Updated: 03/17/2023 16:02
Changes: 05/30/2018 08:43 (69), 02/09/2020 20:31 (5), 03/17/2023 16:02 (4)
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