{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5539 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5539 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5539 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5539 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Vmware Workstation. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5539/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5539/index.md)","id":"CVE-2019-5539","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5539/index.md","name":"CVE-2019-5539","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-r6qv-pq43-h5wg"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware Workstation","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers with normal user privileges can escalate to administrator on Windows machines via DLL hijacking in Cortado Thinprint.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[{"product":"horizon_view_agent","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"workstation","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-427","name":"Uncontrolled Search Path Element"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Horizon View Agent","id":"CVE-2019-5539","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"vmware:workstation","products":["vmware:workstation"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2019"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in Workstation and Fusion","id":"CVE-2019-5540"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware vCenter Server Appliance","id":"CVE-2019-5538"},"products":["Horizon View Agent","VMware Workstation"],"published":"2019-12-23","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["VMware"]},"summary":"Attackers with normal user privileges can escalate to administrator on Windows machines via DLL hijacking in Cortado Thinprint.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5539/"}