CVE-2019-5526

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-5526
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-05-15 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Workstation All All All All
Application Vmware Workstation All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware Workstation DLL Hijacking ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory
VMSA-2019-0007 MISC www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
VMware Workstation CVE-2019-5526 DLL Loading Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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