CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2019-5511

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.

7.2 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2 / Impact : 6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0002.html Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2019-04-09 08:30

Updated : 2020-08-24 05:37

NVD link : CVE-2019-5511

Mitre link : CVE-2019-5511

Products Affected

Microsoft

Vmware

Windows

Workstation

CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo