CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-5543

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-03-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-03-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-732

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.

Affected configurations

• vmware horizon client (>= 5.0.0 < 5.3.0) • vmware remote console (>= 10.0.0 < 11.0.0) • vmware workstation (>= 15.0.0 < 15.5.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness

References