CVE-2020-3961 (GCVE-0-2020-3961)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-15 15:18 – Updated: 2024-08-04 07:52
VLAI
Summary
VMware Horizon Client for Windows (prior to 5.4.3) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to folder permission configuration and unsafe loading of libraries. A local user on the system where the software is installed may exploit this issue to run commands as any user.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Privilege escalation vulnerability
Assigner
vmware CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 254 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a VMware Horizon Client for Windows Affected: VMware Horizon Client for Windows (prior to 5.4.3)
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