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

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Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 15, 2019
Added
May 24, 2019
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

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-workstation-upgrade-15_1_0

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