CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-22962

7.8 HIGH Published 2022-04-11 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-04-11
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-59

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.

Affected configurations

• vmware horizon (< 2203)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References