CVE-2019-5526

Q: How do I fix CVE-2019-5526?

Upgrade workstation to 15.1.0 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2019-5526 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2019-5526 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 9.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2019-5526?

CVE-2019-5526 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2019-5526 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for workstation (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 95th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0) contains a DLL hijacking issue because some DLL files are improperly loaded by the application. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to escalate their privileges to administrator on a windows host where Workstation is installed.

CWE-427

How to fix

Remediation Available

workstationNVD

Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0Fixed in:15.1.0CVE-2019-5526derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

9.03%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-427 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-27955	Critical	9.8	83%	-	-
CVE-2017-6517	Critical	9.8	46%	-	-
CVE-2020-3153	Medium	6.5	27%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2024-48990	High	7.8	20%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-9491	High	7.8	13%	-	-
CVE-2020-3433	High	7.8	10%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2019-5526?

Upgrade workstation to 15.1.0 or later.

Is CVE-2019-5526 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2019-5526 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 9.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2019-5526?

CVE-2019-5526 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2019-5526 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for workstation (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.