Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-3991 - Unspecified vulnerability in VMWare Horizon Client
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 8 | |
| OS | 1 |