# CVE-2024-11467: Privilege escalation in Omnissa Horizon Client for MacOS

> A logic flaw in Omnissa Horizon Client for macOS allows local attackers to escalate privileges to root.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m4hr-g8rp-8xv4

## What is CVE-2024-11467?

CVE-2024-11467 is a high-severity vulnerability in Omnissa Horizon Client for MacOS, published on 4 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Omnissa Horizon Client for macOS contains a Local privilege escalation (LPE) Vulnerability due to a logic flaw. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with user privileges to escalate their privileges to root on the system where the Horizon Client for macOS is installed.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11467?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-11467?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11467 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11467 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11467 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- VMWare Horizon client for macOS LPE due to an XPC logic flaw. Belated POC for an 0-day I responsibly disclosed to Omnissa.  (github_poc): https://github.com/null-event/CVE-2024-11467

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11467 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11467 is a high-severity vulnerability in Omnissa Horizon Client for MacOS, published on 4 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11467 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Omnissa Horizon Client for MacOS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11467/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11467/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11467
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11467
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11467

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11467/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.