Auth bypass in VMware Vrealize Operations For Horizon
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 their privileges to SYSTEM.
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
EPSS: 0.005 (39.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Vmware Vrealize_operations_for_horizon
- Vmware Vrealize Operations For Horizon (V4h) — versions 6.x before 6.5.1
- Vmware Vrealize_operations_for_published_applications
- Vmware Vrealize Operations For Published Applications (V4pa) — versions 6.x before 6.5.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
- ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- CrackerCat/Kernel-Security-Development
- Ondrik8/exploit
- howknows/awesome-windows-security-development
- liuhe3647/Windows
- lnick2023/nicenice
- pr0code/https-github.com-ExpLife0011-awesome-windows-kernel-security-development
- pravinsrc/NOTES-windows-kernel-links
- qazbnm456/awesome-cve-poc
- xbl3/awesome-cve-poc_
References
- security@vmware.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- security@vmware.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- security@vmware.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@vmware.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-4946?
- CVE-2017-4946 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Vrealize Operations For Horizon, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-01-05.
- How severe is CVE-2017-4946?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-4946 known to be exploited?
- 10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.