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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 23, 2019· Updated Aug 4, 2024

CVE-2019-5539

CVE-2019-5539

Description

VMware Workstation (15.x prior to 15.5.1) and Horizon View Agent (7.10.x prior to 7.10.1 and 7.5.x prior to 7.5.4) contain a DLL hijacking vulnerability due to insecure loading of a DLL by Cortado Thinprint. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to escalate their privileges to administrator on a Windows machine where Workstation or View Agent is installed.

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Affected products

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  • VMware/Horizon Viewllm-fuzzy2 versions
    <=7.10.0, <=7.5.3+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: <=7.10.0, <=7.5.3
    • (no CPE)range: 7.10.x prior to 7.10.1
  • VMware/Workstationllm-fuzzy2 versions
    <=15.5.0+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: <=15.5.0
    • (no CPE)range: 15.x prior to 15.5.1

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