CVE-2019-5512
First published: Tue Apr 09 2019(Updated: )
VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3, 14.x before 14.1.6) running on Windows does not handle COM classes appropriately. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow hijacking of COM classes used by the VMX process, on a Windows host, leading to elevation of privilege.
Credit: security@vmware.com security@vmware.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| VMware Workstation | >=14.0.0<14.1.6 | |
| VMware Workstation | >=15.0.0<15.0.3 | |
| Microsoft Windows | ||
| All of | ||
| Any of | ||
| VMware Workstation | >=14.0.0<14.1.6 | |
| VMware Workstation | >=15.0.0<15.0.3 | |
| Microsoft Windows |
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