VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-4946

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.50%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-01-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

Primary references