CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-3991

VMware Horizon Client for Windows (5.x before 5.5.0) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability due to a file system access control issue during install time. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to overwrite certain admin privileged files through a symbolic link attack at install time. This will result into a denial-of-service condition on the machine where Horizon Client for Windows is installed.

3.6 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0022.html Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2020-10-16 02:15

Updated : 2020-10-23 07:10

NVD link : CVE-2020-3991

Mitre link : CVE-2020-3991

Products Affected

Horizon Client

Vmware

CWE
NVD-CWE-Other