VMware VMware Horizon Client for Windows

CVE-2019-5543
HIGH 7.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.39 % · percentile 33 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
vmware
NVD status
Modified

Description

For VMware Horizon Client for Windows (5.x and prior before 5.3.0), VMware Remote Console for Windows (10.x before 11.0.0), VMware Workstation for Windows (15.x before 15.5.2) the folder containing configuration files for the VMware USB arbitration service was found to be writable by all users. A local user on the system where the software is installed may exploit this issue to run commands as any user.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
VMware · VMware Horizon Client for Windowsaffected 5.x and prior before 5.3.0
VMware · VMware Remote Console for Windowsaffected 10.x before 11.0.0
VMware · VMware Workstation for Windowsaffected 15.x before 15.5.2

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD