Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in VMware Workstation - CVE-2019-5512
Published: October 30, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22414
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5512
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software running on Windows does not handle COM classes appropriately. A local authenticated user can hijack the COM classes used by the VMX proccess on a Windows host and elevate privileges on the target system.
Affected software
VMware Workstation
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5512
Install updates from vendor's website.
VMware Workstation - addressed in versions 14.1.6, 15.0.3