VMware Horizon Client: CVE-2018-6964 Out-of-bounds read issue via Cortado ThinPrint (VMSA-2018-0003)
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(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
05/29/2018
07/16/2022
05/25/2022
06/27/2022
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.
Solution(s)
- vmware-horizon-client-upgrade-4_7_0
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