cvelist/2018/6xxx/CVE-2018-6964.json

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        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2018-05-29T00:00:00",
        "ID": "CVE-2018-6964",
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                "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."
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                "name": "1040989",
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            {
                "name": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0014.html",
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                "name": "104315",
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