CVE-2019-5539 (GCVE-0-2019-5539)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-23 19:20 – Updated: 2024-08-04 20:01
VLAI
Summary
VMware Workstation (15.x prior to 15.5.1) and Horizon View Agent (7.10.x prior to 7.10.1 and 7.5.x prior to 7.5.4) contain a DLL hijacking vulnerability due to insecure loading of a DLL by Cortado Thinprint. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to escalate their privileges to administrator on a Windows machine where Workstation or View Agent is installed.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • DLL hijacking vulnerability via Cortado Thinprint
Assigner
vmware CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 228 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
VMware VMware Workstation Affected: 15.x prior to 15.5.1
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VMware Horizon View Agent Affected: 7.10.x prior to 7.10.1
Affected: 7.5.x prior 7.5.4
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