CVE-2022-22962

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-22962
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-04-11 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-30 02:38:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Application Vmware Horizon All All All All
Application Vmware Horizon Client All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMSA-2022-0012 MISC www.vmware.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 376530 VMware Horizon Client Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (VMSA-2022-0012)
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