CVE detail
CVE-2022-22962
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.
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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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VMware on Wednesday announced patches for several critical and high-severity vulnerabilities affecting Workspace ONE Access and other products.
newswww.securityweek.comApr 7, 2022, 10:09 AM
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