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CVE-2017-4918

VMware Horizon View Client (2.x, 3.x and 4.x prior to 4.5.0) contains a command injection...

9.8 Critical

CVE-2017-4918 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Vmware Horizon View, published June 8, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.86%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
9.8 CriticalCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
4.86%EPSS, 92nd percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

4.86%Up 4.0 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used9.8

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.

Record
CVE-2017-4918
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-77
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

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.

Record
CVE-2017-4918
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-14035No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2017-14035
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qr5w-hhfh-gp9g9.8

VMware Horizon View Client (2.x, 3.x and 4.x prior to 4.5.0) contains a command injection...

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.

Record
GHSA-qr5w-hhfh-gp9g
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-77
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

References

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