CVE-2022-22964 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Horizon Agent for Linux (versions prior to 22.x), stemming from a misconfigured file. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), an attacker with local access can easily escalate privileges to root, leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2203CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.