{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "security@vmware.com", "DATE_PUBLIC": "2018-05-29T00:00:00", "ID": "CVE-2018-6964", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "Horizon Client for Linux", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "4.x before 4.8.0 and prior" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "VMware" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Local privilege escalation vulnerability" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "1040989", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040989" }, { "name": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0014.html", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0014.html" }, { "name": "104315", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104315" } ] } }