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CVE-2019-5514
VMware VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3) contains a security vulnerability due to certain unauthenticated APIs accessible through a web…
High8.8EPSS 3.5%
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- vmware
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Unauthenticated APIs Security vulnerability
- CWE-306 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-306 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 11.x before 11.0.3
References (3)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152290/VMware-Security-Advisory-2019-0005.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 107637 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0005.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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