VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-5539

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-12-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Primary references