CVE-2017-4946
N/A
Published: January 5, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:19 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorVrealize Operations for HorizonVrealize Operations for Published Applications
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
6 ≤ v < 6.5.1
Affected range stops below 6.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
6 ≤ v < 6.5.16.1.0 ≤ v < 6.5.1
Affected range stops below 6.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-863
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