CVE-2020-3961

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
VMware Horizon Client for Windows (prior to 5.4.3) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to folder permission configuration and unsafe loading of libraries. A local user on the system where the software is installed may exploit this issue to run commands as any user.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-3961
  • Assigner
  • security@vmware.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-06-15T16:15:22
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-07-21T11:39:23
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.4.3
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0013.html Vendor Advisory
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:04:48 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 18:05:08 2020-06-15T16:15Z 2020-06-15T16:15:22 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 18:05:08 2021-07-21T11:39:23 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 18:05:08 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated