Check Point Advisories

VMware Fusion Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-5514)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2019-0627
Date Published: 12 May 2019
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 17 November, 2019
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2019-5514
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable? VMware Fusion 11
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability exists in VMware Fusion. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the VMware Fusion Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-5514) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  VMware Fusion Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-5514)

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