Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 12.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
Products affected by CVE-2019-5511
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:14.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:14.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:14.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:14.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:14.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:14.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:14.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:14.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:15.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:15.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:15.0.2
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-