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VMware Workspace ONE Access CVE-2022-22960

Disclosed
04/06/2022
Created
04/19/2023

Description

This module exploits CVE-2022-22960 which allows the user to overwrite the permissions of the certproxyService.sh script so that it can be modified by the horizon user. This allows a local attacker with the uid 1001 to escalate their privileges to root access.

Author(s)

  • mr_me
  • jheysel-r7

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd, x86, x64

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/linux/local/vmware_workspace_one_access_cve_2022_22960
msf exploit(vmware_workspace_one_access_cve_2022_22960) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(vmware_workspace_one_access_cve_2022_22960) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(vmware_workspace_one_access_cve_2022_22960) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(vmware_workspace_one_access_cve_2022_22960) > exploit

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