CVE-2017-4946 (GCVE-0-2017-4946)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-05 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:13
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Summary
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.
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CWE
  • Privilege escalation vulnerability
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VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon (V4H) Affected: 6.x before 6.5.1
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