High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 16, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-5543
CVE-2019-5543
Description
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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Affected products
9- VMware/VMware Horizon Client for Windowsv5Range: 5.x and prior before 5.3.0
- Range: 10.x before 11.0.0
- Range: <11.0.0
- Range: <5.3.0
<15.5.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <15.5.2
- (no CPE)range: 15.x before 15.5.2
Patches
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References
1- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0004.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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