Path Hijacking Vulnerability in VMware Workstation

CVE-2019-5511 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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