High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 5, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-4946
CVE-2017-4946
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.
Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations_for_horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=6.0,<6.5.1
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations_for_published_applications:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=6.1.0,<6.5.1
- VMware/vRealize Operations for Published Applications (V4PA)v5Range: 6.x before 6.5.1
- Range: 6.x before 6.5.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0003.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102441nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040136nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- gosecure.net/2018/01/10/vmware-horizon-v4h-v4pa-desktop-agent-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2017-4946/nvd
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