CVE-2019-5526

Severity

93%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2019-05-15 16:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-05-17 13:39:00

Affected Software

VMWare VMWare

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152946/VMware-Workstation-DLL-Hijacking.html

Third Party Advisory

108333

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0007.html

Vendor Advisory

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