Attacker Value
Unknown
CVE-2017-4946
CVE-2017-4946
(Last updated October 06, 2023) ▾
MITRE ATT&CK
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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.
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Technical Analysis
Exploited by North Korean state-sponsored attackers according to a July 2024 bulletin from multiple U.S. government agencies: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-207a
CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Data provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Base Score:
7.8 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High
General Information
Vendors
- vmware
Products
- vrealize operations for horizon,
- vrealize operations for published applications
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