Number: AV19-210
Date: 20 September 2019
On 19 September 2019 VMware released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting some of its products. Of note is a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-5527, affecting ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client with a CVSSv3 score of 8.5. A local actor with non-administrative access on the guest machine could exploit the vulnerability to run arbitrary code on the host.
The Cyber Centre encourages users to review the VMware Security Advisories webpage and apply the necessary updates:
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0014.html
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