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By the Year
In 2025 there have been 0 vulnerabilities in VMware Remote Console. Remote Console did not have any published security vulnerabilities last year.
| Year | Vulnerabilities | Average Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2021 | 1 | 7.80 |
| 2020 | 1 | 7.80 |
| 2019 | 1 | 8.80 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0.00 |
It may take a day or so for new Remote Console vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilties. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.
Recent VMware Remote Console Security Vulnerabilities
VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y prior to 11.2.6)
CVE-2021-21999
7.8 - High
- June 23, 2021
VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y prior to 11.2.6), VMware Remote Console for Windows (12.x prior to 12.0.1) , VMware App Volumes (2.x prior to 2.18.10 and 4 prior to 2103) contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An attacker with normal access to a virtual machine may exploit this issue by placing a malicious file renamed as `openssl.cnf' in an unrestricted directory which would allow code to be executed with elevated privileges.
DLL preloading
VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2)
CVE-2020-3950
7.8 - High
- March 17, 2020
VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2), VMware Remote Console for Mac (11.x and prior before 11.0.1) and Horizon Client for Mac (5.x and prior before 5.4.0) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper use of setuid binaries. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to escalate their privileges to root on the system where Fusion, VMRC or Horizon Client is installed.
Improper Privilege Management
ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the virtual sound device
CVE-2019-5527
8.8 - High
- October 10, 2019
ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the virtual sound device. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Important severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 8.5.
Dangling pointer
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