Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in VMware Horizon Client - CVE-2022-22964
Published: April 7, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61946
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22964
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 application does not properly impose security restrictions within configuration file, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
VMware Horizon Client
How to mitigate CVE-2022-22964
Install updates from vendor's website.
VMware Horizon Client - update to 2203