Privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Workstation, VMware Player and VMware Remote Console - CVE-2019-5543| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:61997 | Date: (C)2020-03-13 (M)2022-10-10 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with VMware Workstation 15.x before 15.5.2, VMware Player 15.x before 15.5.2, VMware Horizon Client before 5.3.0 or VMware Remote Console 10.x before 11.0.0 and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to handle a permission issue in the folder containing configuration files for the VMware USB arbitration service. Successful exploitation may local attackers to run commands as any user.
| Platform: |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
| Microsoft Windows 11 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 |
| Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
| Product: |
| VMware Player |
| VMware Workstation |
| VMware Horizon Client |
| VMware Remote Console |
