CVE-2019-5526

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: May 15, 2019
Updated: Aug 4, 2024
Reserved: Jan 7, 2019

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
VMware Workstationn/a	VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0)Affected

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0007.html
108333vdb-entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152946/VMware-Workstation-DLL-Hijacking.html

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