CVE-2017-4946

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

Ranks above 40.7% 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.

Published

2018-01-05 14:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 16:13Z1 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

• 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