CVE-2020-3991

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.1

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.039

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-3991,CVE-2020-3998 are affected in VMware Horizon Client (x64) 5.4.99	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-3991,CVE-2020-3998 are affected in VMware Horizon Client 5.4.99	Windows

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234