7.8
HIGH
CVE-2017-4946
VMware Virtual Desktop Agent Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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 their privileges to SYSTEM.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 5, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-4946 has a 9 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-4946 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Vmware vrealize_operations_for_horizon
2 Vmware vrealize_operations_for_published_applications
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-4946.

URL Resource
http://gosecure.net/2018/01/10/vmware-horizon-v4h-v4pa-desktop-agent-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2017-4946/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : May 16, 2021, 3:25 p.m. This repo has been linked 27 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
13 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2020, 7:51 a.m. This repo has been linked 1027 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
110 stars 31 fork 31 watcher
Born at : Dec. 22, 2019, 11:49 a.m. This repo has been linked 33 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 9 months ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 21, 2019, 6:24 a.m. This repo has been linked 14 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 5 years, 11 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Sept. 29, 2018, 2:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 6 months ago
30 stars 18 fork 18 watcher
Born at : Sept. 24, 2018, 9:11 a.m. This repo has been linked 10 different CVEs too.

awesome-windows-security-development

Updated: 1 month ago
170 stars 91 fork 91 watcher
Born at : March 15, 2018, 9:06 a.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.

✍️ A curated list of CVE PoCs.

awesome cve poc

Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
3289 stars 678 fork 678 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2017, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-4946 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-4946 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-863
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 01, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://gosecure.net/2018/01/10/vmware-horizon-v4h-v4pa-desktop-agent-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2017-4946/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html No Types Assigned https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations_for_horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.0 up to (excluding) 6.5.1 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations_for_published_applications:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.1.0 up to (excluding) 6.5.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 14, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-4946 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-4946 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.22803

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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