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

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

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/15/2019
Created
07/05/2019
Added
07/04/2019
Modified
07/04/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-player-upgrade-15_1_0

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