Is CVE-2022-22962 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-22962 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-22962?

CVE-2022-22962 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-22962?

CVE-2022-22962 has an EPSS score of 0.29% (21th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-22962?

Upgrade horizon to 2203 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-22962

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-59Link Following

How to fix

Remediation Available

horizonNVD

Affected:< 2203Fixed in:2203CVE-2022-22962derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.29%probability of exploitation in 30 days

21stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 21% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.