module

VMware Workspace ONE Access CVE-2022-22960

Disclosed	Created
Apr 6, 2022	Apr 19, 2023

Disclosed

Apr 6, 2022

Created

Apr 19, 2023

Description

This module exploits CVE-2022-22960 which allows the user to overwrite the permissions of the
certproxyService.sh script so that it can be modified by the horizon user. This allows a local attacker with
the uid 1001 to escalate their privileges to root access.

Authors

mr_me
jheysel-r7

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd, x64

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/linux/local/vmware_workspace_one_access_cve_2022_22960
    msf exploit(vmware_workspace_one_access_cve_2022_22960) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(vmware_workspace_one_access_cve_2022_22960) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(vmware_workspace_one_access_cve_2022_22960) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(vmware_workspace_one_access_cve_2022_22960) > exploit

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