CVE-2022-22962

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

VMware 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
VMware	VMware Horizon Agent for Linux	VMware Horizon Agent for Linux prior to 22.x

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0012.htmlVendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0012.htmlVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 11, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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