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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 23, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

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 View Agent2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=7.5.0,<7.5.4
    • (no CPE)range: <7.10.1 and <7.5.4
  • VMware/Workstation3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=15.0.0,<15.5.1
    • (no CPE)range: <15.5.1
    • (no CPE)range: 15.x prior to 15.5.1
  • VMware/Horizon Viewcpe-rescue
    Range: 7.10.x prior to 7.10.1

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