Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in VMware Horizon Client - CVE-2020-3961
Published: June 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU28952
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3961
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to folder permission configuration and unsafe loading of libraries. A local user can execute arbitrary commands as any user.
Affected software
VMware Horizon Client
How to mitigate CVE-2020-3961
Install updates from vendor's website.
VMware Horizon Client - update to 5.4.3