cve-2019-5511
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-04-09 19:29
Modified
2024-08-04 20:01
Severity ?
Summary
VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3, 14.x before 14.1.6) running on Windows does not handle paths appropriately. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow the path to the VMX executable, on a Windows host, to be hijacked by a non-administrator leading to elevation of privilege.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0002.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0002.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a VMware Workstation Version: VMware Workstation 15.x prior to 15.0.3, 14.x before 14.1.6
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