GHSA-qwvq-v644-q547

GHSA-qwvq-v644-q547 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published April 12, 2022

VMware Horizon Client for Linux (prior to 22.x) contains a local privilege escalation as a user is able to change the default shared folder location due to a vulnerable symbolic link. Successful exploitation can result in linking to a root owned file.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

7.800000190734863

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

Timeline

Apr 12, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-qwvq-v644-q547

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-qwvq-v644-q547/fixes/registry"

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22962 advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0012.html url

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