VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-5511

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-04-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

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