CVE-2019-5514

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-5514
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-04-01 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3) contains a security vulnerability due to certain unauthenticated APIs accessible through a web socket. An attacker may exploit this issue by tricking the host user to execute a JavaScript to perform unauthorized functions on the guest machine where VMware Tools is installed. This may further be exploited to execute commands on the guest machines.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-306

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Fusion All All All All
Application Vmware Fusion All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMSA-2019-0005.1 CONFIRM www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
VMware Fusion CVE-2019-5514 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VMware Security Advisory 2019-0005 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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