{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6964 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6964 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-6964 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Horizon Client for Linux, published on 29 May 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-6964 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-6964 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Horizon Client for Linux, published on 29 May 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6964 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: VMware Horizon Client for Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6964/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6964/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-6964","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6964/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-6964","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-w5gh-72fc-wfgf"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware Horizon Client","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Unprivileged users can escalate privileges to root on Linux systems via insecure SUID binary usage in VMware Horizon Client.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[{"product":"horizon_client","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Horizon Client for Linux","id":"CVE-2018-6964","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion","id":"CVE-2018-6965"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Null dereference in Fusion","id":"CVE-2018-6963"},"products":["Horizon Client for Linux"],"published":"2018-05-29","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in VMware Horizon Client for Windows","id":"CVE-2020-3961","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-06-15"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in VMware Horizon Client for Windows","id":"CVE-2019-5543","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-03-16"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"Path traversal in VMware Horizon Client for Windows","id":"CVE-2020-3991","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-10-16"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation), VMware Horizon Client for Windows","id":"CVE-2021-21987","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-24"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation), VMware Horizon Client for Windows","id":"CVE-2021-21988","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-24"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation), VMware Horizon Client for Windows","id":"CVE-2021-21989","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-24"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-17","vendors":["VMware"]},"summary":"Unprivileged users can escalate privileges to root on Linux systems via insecure SUID binary usage in VMware Horizon Client.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6964/"}