High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-22962
CVE-2022-22962
Description
VMware Horizon Agent 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.
Affected products
3- Range: <22.x
- VMware/VMware Horizon Agent for Linuxv5Range: VMware Horizon Agent for Linux prior to 22.x
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0012.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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