Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU26072

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in VMware, Inc products - CVE-2019-5543

Published: March 13, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU26072

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5543

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the folder containing configuration files for the VMware USB arbitration service is writable by all users. A local user can run arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.

Affected software

VMware Horizon Client
VMRC
VMware Workstation

How to mitigate CVE-2019-5543

Install updates from vendor's website.

VMware Horizon Client - update to 5.3
VMRC - update to 11.0.0
VMware Workstation - update to 15.5.2

External References

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0004.html

Related Security Bulletins