CVE-2019-5539
CVSS V2 Medium 4.4
CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2019-5539
- Assigner
- security@vmware.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2019-12-23T20:15:11
- Last Modified Date
- 2021-07-21T11:39:23
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AND | ||||
| cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 7.5.0 | 7.5.4 |
| cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 7.10.0 | 7.10.1 |
| cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 15.0.0 | 15.5.1 |
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 4.4
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 3.4
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0023.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5539 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5539 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 16:10:22 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-04 08:33:16 | 2019-12-23T20:15Z | 2019-12-23T20:15:11 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-04 08:33:16 | 2021-07-21T11:39:23 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-04 08:33:17 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |