CVE-2022-22962

CWE-593 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 11
Latest updateApr 12

Description

VMware Horizon Agent for Linux (prior to 22.x) contains a local privilege escalation as a user is able to change the default shared folder location due to a vulnerable symbolic link. Successful exploitation can result in linking to a root owned file.

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 Packages2 packages

CVEListV5vmware/vmware_horizon_agent_for_linuxVMware Horizon Agent for Linux prior to 22.x
NVDvmware/horizon< 2203

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-qwvq-v644-q547: VMware Horizon Client for Linux (prior to 222022-04-12
CVEList
CVE-2022-22962: VMware Horizon Agent for Linux (prior to 222022-04-11
CVE-2022-22962 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | VMware Horizon Agent for Linux (pri | cvebase.io