CVE-2017-4918 is a critical command injection vulnerability in the service startup script of VMware Horizon View Client versions 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x prior to 4.5.0. This flaw allows unprivileged users on macOS systems to escalate their privileges to root. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.