cve-2019-5543
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-03-16 17:24
Modified
2024-08-04 20:01
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0004.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0004.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
VMware VMware Remote Console for Windows Version: 10.x before 11.0.0
VMware VMware Workstation for Windows Version: 15.x before 15.5.2
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