Is CVE-2017-4946 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-4946 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-4946?

CVE-2017-4946 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-4946?

CVE-2017-4946 has an EPSS score of 0.50% (39th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-4946?

Upgrade vrealize operations for horizon to 6.5.1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-4946

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-863Incorrect Authorization

How to fix

Remediation Available

vrealize operations for horizonNVD

Affected:>= 6.0, < 6.5.1Fixed in:6.5.1CVE-2017-4946derived from NVD

vrealize operations for published applicationsNVD

Affected:>= 6.1.0, < 6.5.1Fixed in:6.5.1CVE-2017-4946derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.50%probability of exploitation in 30 days

39thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 39% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references1

gosecure.net

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-22518	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-38035	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2022-46169	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-29927	Critical	9.1	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-38856	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-36289	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.