Important
1. Impacted Products
- VMware Horizon Agent for Linux
2. Introduction
Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware Horizon Agent for Linux were privately reported to VMware. Updates are available to remediate these vulnerabilities in affected VMware products.
3a. User-controlled folder path customization privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2022-22962)
Description
Known Attack Vectors
A low-privileged malicious actor with local access to Horizon Agent for Linux may be 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.
Resolution
To remediate CVE-2022-22962 apply the patches listed in the 'Fixed Version' column of the 'Response Matrix' found below.
Workarounds
None.
Additional Documentation
None.
Notes
None.
Acknowledgements
VMware would like to thank Jack Luketina for reporting this issue to us.
3b. User configurable agent privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2022-22964)
Description
Known Attack Vectors
A low-privileged malicious actor with local access to Horizon Agent for Linux may be able to escalate privileges to root due to a vulnerable configuration file.
Resolution
To remediate CVE-2022-22964 apply the patches listed in the 'Fixed Version' column of the 'Response Matrix' found below.
Workarounds
None.
Additional Documentation
None.
Notes
None.
Acknowledgements
VMware would like to thank Jack Luketina for reporting this issue to us.
Response Matrix 3a, 3b
| Product | Version | Running On | CVE Identifier | CVSSv3 | Severity | Fixed Version | Workarounds | Additional Documentation |
|
Horizon Agent for Linux
|
21.x, 20.x, 7.x
|
Linux
|
CVE-2022-22962, CVE-2022-22964
|
important
|
None
|
None
|
||
|
Horizon Agent for RedHat8.x Linux
|
21.x, 20.x, 7.x
|
Linux
|
CVE-2022-22962, CVE-2022-22964
|
important
|
None
|
None
|
||
|
Horizon Linux Agent Direct-Connection
|
21.x, 20.x, 7.x
|
Linux
|
CVE-2022-22962, CVE-2022-22964
|
important
|
None
|
None
|
||
|
Horizon Agent
|
21.x, 20.x, 7.x
|
Windows
|
CVE-2022-22962, CVE-2022-22964
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Unaffected
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
Horizon Agent Direct-Connection
|
21.x, 20.x, 7.x
|
Windows
|
CVE-2022-22962, CVE-2022-22964
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Unaffected
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
4. References
VMware Horizon 8 2203
Documentation and Downloads:
Mitre CVE Dictionary Links:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22962
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22964
FIRST CVSSv3 Calculator:
CVE-2022-22962: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-22964: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
5. Change Log
2022-04-06 VMSA-2022-0012
Initial security advisory.
2022-04-20 VMSA-2022-0012.1
Corrected impacted components.
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