Vulnerability CVE-2020-3998

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-3998 (CCN-190463)

Assigned:

2019-12-30

Published:

2020-10-22

Updated:

2021-07-21

Summary:

VMware Horizon Client for Windows (5.x prior to 5.5.0) contains an information disclosure vulnerability. A malicious attacker with local privileges on the machine where Horizon Client for Windows is installed may be able to retrieve hashed credentials if the client crashes.

CVSS v3 Severity:

6.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
5.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

3.3 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
2.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

1.7 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-522

Vulnerability Consequences:

Obtain Information

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-3998

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
vmware-horizon-cve20203998-info-disc(190463)

Source: CCN
Type: VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2020-0024
VMware Horizon Server and VMware Horizon Client updates address multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-3997, CVE-2020-3998)

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0024.html

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