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CVE-2017-4946

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-01-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

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.

Affected products

• VMware Vrealize Operations For Horizon: from 6.0 before 6.5.1 — fixed in 6.5.1
• VMware Vrealize Operations For Published Applications: from 6.1.0 before 6.5.1 — fixed in 6.5.1
• VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon (V4H): 6.x before 6.5.1
• VMware vRealize Operations for Published Applications (V4PA): 6.x before 6.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Vrealize Operations For Horizon 6.5.1; VMware Vrealize Operations For Published Applications 6.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://gosecure.net/2018/01/10/vmware-horizon-v4h-v4pa-desktop-agent-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2017-4946/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136
• https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html
• http://gosecure.net/2018/01/10/vmware-horizon-v4h-v4pa-desktop-agent-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2017-4946/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136
• https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html

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