VMware Workstation

CVE-2019-5526
HIGH 7.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 8.46 % · percentile 95 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
vmware
NVD status
Modified

Description

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0) contains a DLL hijacking issue because some DLL files are improperly loaded by the application. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to escalate their privileges to administrator on a windows host where Workstation is installed.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
VMware Workstationaffected VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0)

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD