Insufficient Session Expiration in VMware, Inc products - CVE-2019-5531
Published: September 17, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21147
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5531
CWE-ID: CWE-613
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
vCenter Server vSphere Web Client
vCenter Server vSphere Client
VMware ESXi
vCenter Server vSphere Web Client
vCenter Server vSphere Client
VMware ESXi
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient session expiration issue. A remote non-authenticated attacker can obtain or guess session token and gain unauthorized access to session that belongs to another user.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5531
Install updates from vendor's website.
For ESXi systems apply the following patches:
For 6.0 - ESXi600-201909101-SG
For 6.5 - ESXi650-201907101-SG
For 6.7 - ESXi670-201904101-SG