CVE-2019-5526
45Vexday Risk Score
Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Actepss 9.0%
from disclosure to weapon1 days
Published on NVDMay 15
1st PoC+1d
VulnCheck+1499d
exploitation probability
9.0%top 5% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
2 public exploit(s)
VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0) contains a DLL hijacking issue because some DLL files are improperly loaded by the application. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to escalate their privileges to administrator on a windows host where Workstation is installed.
Affected products
n/a · VMware Workstationpublic PoCs found — 2
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