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

published April 9, 2019

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00373 · 30.1th percentile
Published
2019-04-09T19:29Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 APR 19:29Z
    VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3, 14.x before 14.1.6) running on Windows does not handle paths appropriately
    cvelistv5