CVE-2019-5539

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.
References
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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OR cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2019-12-23 20:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 20:39


NVD link : CVE-2019-5539

Mitre link : CVE-2019-5539

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-5539


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Products Affected

microsoft

  • windows

vmware

  • horizon_view_agent
  • workstation
CWE
CWE-427

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