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Case File

CVE-2017-4918

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 4.86% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-06-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — 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 Filing — 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.