Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU23778

Insecure DLL loading in VMware Horizon and VMware Workstation - CVE-2019-5539

Published: December 20, 2019

Vulnerability identifier: #VU23778

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 7.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5539

CWE-ID: CWE-427

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure loading of a DLL by Cortado Thinprint. A local user can escalate their privileges to administrator on a Windows machine where Workstation or View Agent is installed.

Affected software

VMware Horizon
VMware Workstation

How to mitigate CVE-2019-5539

Install updates from vendor's website.

VMware Horizon - addressed in versions 7.5.4, 7.10.1
VMware Workstation - update to 15.5.1

External References

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0023.html

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