CVE-2020-3991

HIGH

7.1

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.1

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published10/16/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

microsoft:windowsvmware:horizon_client

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0022.html(security@vmware.com)

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0022.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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