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CVE-2018-6964
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-05-29T20:29:02.813 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:02:31.500

Summary

VMware Horizon Client for Linux (4.x before 4.8.0 and prior) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure usage of SUID binary. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to root on a Linux machine where Horizon Client is installed.

Affected products

vmware — horizon_client

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References

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