CVE-2020-3991 (GCVE-0-2020-3991)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-16 13:15
Modified
2024-08-04 07:52
Severity ?
CWE
  • Denial-of-service vulnerability
Summary
VMware Horizon Client for Windows (5.x before 5.5.0) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability due to a file system access control issue during install time. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to overwrite certain admin privileged files through a symbolic link attack at install time. This will result into a denial-of-service condition on the machine where Horizon Client for Windows is installed.
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Vendor Product Version
n/a VMware Horizon Client for Windows Version: VMware Horizon Client for Windows (5.x before 5.5.0)
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