High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 9, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-5512
CVE-2019-5512
Description
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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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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