CVE-2019-5543: VMware Horizon Client

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• VMware Horizon Client: from 5.0.0, before 5.3.0 (fixed in 5.3.0)
• VMware Remote Console: from 10.0.0, before 11.0.0 (fixed in 11.0.0)
• VMware Workstation: from 15.0.0, before 15.5.2 (fixed in 15.5.2)

Published 2020-03-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.