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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-18708 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:11:38.927Z

Reserved: 2018-02-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-6964

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-05-29T20:29:02.813

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:11:29.643

Link: CVE-2018-6964

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