CVE detail
CVE-2019-5543
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.
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Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
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Evidence
Source links by recency
2 source links · newest first
- VMware fixes a critical bug in Workstation, Fusion that allows code execution on host From guestSecurity Affairs
VMware has fixed three serious flaws in its products, including a critical issue in Workstation and Fusion that allow code execution on the host from guest. VMware has addressed three serious vulnerabilities in its products, including a critical flaw in Workstation and Fusion that could be exploited to execute code on the host from guest. […]
newssecurityaffairs.comMar 13, 2020, 8:00 PM VMware has patched three serious vulnerabilities in its products, including a critical flaw in Workstation and Fusion that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the host from the guest operating system. The critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-3947, is caused by a use-after-free bug in the vmnetdhcp component.
newswww.securityweek.comMar 13, 2020, 3:21 PM
Exploit code
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