CVE-2018-6964: VMware Horizon Client

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• VMware Horizon Client: from 4.0.0, before 4.8.0 (fixed in 4.8.0)

Published 2018-05-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.