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CVE-2019-5531
published 2019-09-18

CVE-2019-5531: VMware vSphere ESXi (6.7 prior to ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 prior to ESXi650-201811102-SG, and 6.0 prior to ESXi600-201807103-SG) and VMware vCenter Server…

PriorityP425medium5.4CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCLILAN
EPSS
0.97%
57.9th percentile
VMware vSphere ESXi (6.7 prior to ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 prior to ESXi650-201811102-SG, and 6.0 prior to ESXi600-201807103-SG) and VMware vCenter Server (6.7 prior to 6.7 U1b, 6.5 prior to 6.5 U2b, and 6.0 prior to 6.0 U3j) contain an information disclosure vulnerability in clients arising from insufficient session expiration. An attacker with physical access or an ability to mimic a websocket connection to a user’s browser may be able to obtain control of a VM Console after the user has logged out or their session has timed out.

Affected

13 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
vmwareesxi
vmwarevcenter_server
vmwarevcenter_server
vmwarevcenter_server
vmwarevmware_vcenter_server
vmwarevmware_vcenter_server
vmwarevmware_vcenter_server
vmwarevmware_vsphere_esxi
vmwarevmware_vsphere_esxi
vmwarevmware_vsphere_esxi
vmwarevsphere_esxi
vmwarevsphere_esxi
vmwarevsphere_esxi

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvdv2.05.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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