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.

Related CVEs

CVE-2019-5543

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-r5j5-qr4j-4j6w

Published

May 24, 2022 5:11 PM

Last Modified

May 24, 2022 5:11 PM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: August 1, 2025 6:44 AM

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