Vulnerability CVE-2019-5519
Published: 2019-04-01

Description:
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201903001, 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001, 6.0 before ESXi600-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.4, 14.x before 14.1.7), Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3, 10.x before 10.1.6) contain a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the virtual USB 1.1 UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface). Exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with a virtual USB controller present. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Vmware -> ESXI 
Vmware -> Fusion 
Vmware -> Workstation 

 References:
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152290/VMware-Security-Advisory-2019-0005.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107535
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108443
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0005.html
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-420/
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