CVE-2019-5512 Privilege escalation in VMware Workstation
Attackers can hijack COM classes in VMware Workstation on Windows to elevate privileges within the host operating system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5512?
CVE-2019-5512 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Workstation, published on 9 Apr 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5512?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5512?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5512 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5512 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-5512 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Workstation
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2v7x-ww9h-6334.