CVE-2022-22964 in Horizon Client

Summary

by MITRE • 04/12/2022

VMware Horizon Client for Linux (prior to 22.x) contains a local privilege escalation that allows a user to escalate to root due to a vulnerable configuration file.

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• Reservation: 01/10/2022
• Disclosure: 04/12/2022
• Moderation: accepted
• Entry: VDB-196643
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-284 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.8 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00037
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22964
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22964
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2022-22964/