CVE-2017-4897

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-05-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

VMware Horizon DaaS before 7.0.0 contains a vulnerability that exists due to insufficient validation of data. An attacker may exploit this issue by tricking DaaS client users into connecting to a malicious server and sharing all their drives and devices. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a victim to download a specially crafted RDP file through DaaS client by clicking on a malicious link.

Affected products

VMware Horizon DaaS: through 6.1.6

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96559
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037951
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0002.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96559
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037951
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0002.html

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