CVE-2020-3961 — Incorrect Permission Assignment in Vmware Horizon Client

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission AssignmentCWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.15%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Vmware Horizon Client
Timeline
PublishedJun 15
Latest updateMay 24

Description

VMware Horizon Client for Windows (prior to 5.4.3) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to folder permission configuration and unsafe loading of libraries. A local user on the system where the software is installed may exploit this issue to run commands as any user.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-g65w-8qv6-v378: VMware Horizon Client for Windows (prior to 5↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-3961: VMware Horizon Client for Windows (prior to 5↗2020-06-15
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CVE-2020-3961 — Incorrect Permission Assignment | cvebase