Is CVE-2018-6964 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6964 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6964?

CVE-2018-6964 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6964?

CVE-2018-6964 has an EPSS score of 0.41% (33th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6964?

Upgrade horizon client to 4.8.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6964

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

horizon clientNVD

Affected:>= 4.0.0, < 4.8.0Fixed in:4.8.0CVE-2018-6964derived 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

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days

33rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 33% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory2

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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.