CVE-2022-22962 Path traversal in VMware Horizon Agent for Linux
A local attacker can exploit a symbolic link vulnerability in VMware Horizon Agent for Linux to escalate privileges to root.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-22962?
CVE-2022-22962 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in VMware Horizon Agent for Linux, published on 11 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22962?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vmware Horizon.
How do I fix CVE-2022-22962?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22962 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2022-22962 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22962 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in VMware Horizon Agent for Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qwvq-v644-q547.