CVE-2018-6964

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
VMware	Horizon Client for Linux	4.x before 4.8.0 and prior

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104315Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040989Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0014.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104315Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040989Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0014.htmlVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 29, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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