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ghsa-qwvq-v644-q547

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-04-12 00:00

Modified

2022-04-19 00:01

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VMware Horizon Client 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.

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CVE-2022-22962 (GCVE-0-2022-22962)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-04-11 19:38

Modified

2024-08-03 03:28

Severity ?

CWE

Local privilege escalation due to vulnerable symbolic link

Summary

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.

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URL

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https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0012.html

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	VMware	VMware Horizon Agent for Linux	Version: VMware Horizon Agent for Linux prior to 22.x

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