CVE-2019-5511

2019-04-0919:29:46

vmware

www.cve.org

8.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

12.7%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "VMware Workstation",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "VMware Workstation 15.x prior to 15.0.3, 14.x before 14.1.6"
      }
    ]
  }
]