VMware Workstation Windows Host COM Class Hijacking Vulnerability

CVE-2019-5512 · 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 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.

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