High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 9, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-5511
CVE-2019-5511
Description
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.
Affected products
1- Range: 15.x before 15.0.3, 14.x before 14.1.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0002.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
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