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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2020-10-16T13:15:22

Updated: 2024-08-04T07:52:20.583Z

Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-3991

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Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-10-16T14:15:12.063

Modified: 2020-10-23T19:10:18.800

Link: CVE-2020-3991

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