CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.4. It affects VMware, VMWare, ESXi and other products.
CVE
CVE-2019-5531
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.4
EPSS
0.97%
VMware VMWare ESXi vCenter
Original NVD Description
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.
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