VMware V4H/V4PA up to 6.5.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in VMware V4H and V4PA up to 6.5.0. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-4946. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware V4H and V4PA up to 6.5.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. 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:

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.

The bug was discovered 01/04/2018. The weakness was published 01/05/2018 by Martin with McAfee (Website). The advisory is available at vmware.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-4946 since 12/26/2016. Local access is required to approach this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. 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 105789 (VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Desktop Agent 6.x < 6.5.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0003)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370713 (VMware Security Advisories Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2018-0003)).

Upgrading to version 6.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (105789) and SecurityFocus (BID 102441†). Similar entries are available at VDB-111409 and VDB-111411. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 105789
Nessus Name: VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Desktop Agent 6.x < 6.5.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0003)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: V4H/V4PA 6.5.1

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12/26/2016 🔍
01/04/2018 +374 days 🔍
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01/05/2018 +1 days 🔍
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01/06/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/13/2018 +7 days 🔍
01/28/2021 +1111 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: vmware.com
Researcher: Martin Lemay, Yakun Zhang (Martin)
Organization: McAfee
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-4946 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-4946
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-111410
SecurityFocus: 102441 - Multiple VMware Products Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040136

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/06/2018 17:15
Updated: 01/28/2021 17:48
Changes: 01/06/2018 17:15 (69), 12/19/2019 20:49 (6), 01/28/2021 17:42 (2), 01/28/2021 17:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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