VMware 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.

Related CVEs

CVE-2019-5514

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-6vc3-crc6-4w78

Published

May 13, 2022 1:08 AM

Last Modified

May 13, 2022 1:08 AM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: June 17, 2025 6:25 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.