# CVE-2018-6964: VMware Horizon Client for Linux (4.x before 4.8.0 and prior) contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure usage of SU

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-05-29 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- VMware Horizon Client for Linux: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on VMware, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040989
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0014.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104315

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