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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2019-0007) (CVE-2019-5526)

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

May 15, 2019

Added

Jul 4, 2019

Modified

Mar 30, 2026

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.

Solution

vmware-player-upgrade-15_1_0

References

CVE-2019-5526
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2019-5526
CWE-427
EUVD-EUVD-2019-15101
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0007.html
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-15101

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