CVE-2020-3991
First published: Fri Oct 16 2020(Updated: )
VMware Horizon Client for Windows (5.x before 5.5.0) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability due to a file system access control issue during install time. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to overwrite certain admin privileged files through a symbolic link attack at install time. This will result into a denial-of-service condition on the machine where Horizon Client for Windows is installed.
Credit: security@vmware.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware Horizon Client | >=5.0.0<5.5.0 | |
| Microsoft Windows |
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