SB2019092102 - Privilege escalation in VMWare products
Published: September 21, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019092102
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5527)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the virtual sound device. A local unprivileged user with access to guest operating system can trigger use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the host OS.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that the sound back-end is not connected.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.