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VMware Horizon View Client < 5.4.3 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (VMSA-2020-0013)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137663

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Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability

Description

The version of VMware Horizon View Client installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 5.4.3. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability due to folder permission configuration and unsafe loading of libraries. A local authenticated attacker can exploit this issue to run commands as any user.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to VMware Horizon View Client version 5.4.3 or later. See advisory VMSA 2020-0013 for more details.

See Also

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0013.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137663

File Name: vmware_workstation_vmsa_2020_0013.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/19/2020

Updated: 8/5/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3961

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:horizon_client

Required KB Items: installed_sw/VMware Horizon View Client

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3961

IAVA: 2020-A-0265

VMSA: 2020-0013