CVE-2017-4918 (GCVE-0-2017-4918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-08 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:47
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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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VMware Horizon View Client for Mac Affected: 2.x
Affected: 3.x
Affected: 4.x prior to 4.5.0
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