CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects VMware, VMWare. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
Detected Signals
exploit
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CVE
CVE-2017-4918
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.86%
VMware VMWare
Original NVD 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.
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