vulnerability
VMware Horizon Client: CVE-2020-3991 File system access control denial-of-service vulnerability (VMSA-2020-0022)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) | Oct 16, 2020 | May 24, 2022 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 16, 2020
Added
May 24, 2022
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
vmware-horizon-client-upgrade-5_5_0
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