CVE-2019-5539 Privilege escalation in Horizon View Agent
Attackers with normal user privileges can escalate to administrator on Windows machines via DLL hijacking in Cortado Thinprint.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5539?
CVE-2019-5539 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Workstation, published on 23 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5539?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Horizon View Agent, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5539?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5539 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5539 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5539 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r6qv-pq43-h5wg.