VMware Horizon View Client (2.x, 3.x and 4.x prior to 4.5.0) contains a command injection vulnerability in the service startup script
Published Jun 8, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 4.86%
Description
VMware Horizon View Client (2.x, 3.x and 4.x prior to 4.5.0) contains a command injection vulnerability in the service startup script. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to root on the Mac OSX system where the client is installed.
Affected products
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- Version 2.xStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 3.xStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 4.x prior to 4.5.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | Horizon View Client for Mac | n/a |
|
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 3.0
- 3.1
- 3.2
- 3.3
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.1.0
- 4.2.0
- 4.3.0
- 4.4.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.86% (0.04859) | 91.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.86% (0.04859) | 90.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.01% (0.03008) | 85.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.40% (0.04395) | 81.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.01% (0.03008) | 85.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00302) | 69.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00302) | 68.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00302) | 64.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.21% (0.02211) | 81.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.21% (0.02211) | 79.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.21% (0.02211) | 58.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 23.96th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 57.50th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98984 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038642 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0011.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98984 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038642 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0011.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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