01 Record

CVE-2017-4946

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: vmware

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 42.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2018-01-05 14:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 16:13Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-26

Assigning CNA

vmware

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4e7dd977092fba3664a1cef28bc7f7e6e5cc367558f97c0567dd9370e5b8ec2c

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

VMwarevRealize Operations for Horizon (V4H)6.x before 6.5.1—

VMwarevRealize Operations for Published Applications (V4PA)6.x before 6.5.1—

06 References

gosecure.nethttp://gosecure.net/2018/01/10/vmware-horizon-v4h-v4pa-desktop-agent-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2017-4946/x_refsource_MISC
www.vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com102441http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.securitytracker.com1040136http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK