CVE-2019-5512
HIGHVMware Workstation <15.0.3-14.1.6 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2019-5512. PoCs published by Google Security Research.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a COM class hijacking vulnerability in VMware Workstation/Player on Windows, allowing a local attacker to elevate privileges by forcing the VMX process to load a malicious DLL. The PoC involves registry modification and a custom DLL to achieve code execution in an elevated context.
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.
Exploits (1)
This exploit demonstrates a COM class hijacking vulnerability in VMware Workstation/Player on Windows, allowing a local attacker to elevate privileges by forcing the VMX process to load a malicious DLL. The PoC involves registry modification and a custom DLL to achieve code execution in an elevated context.
References (1)
Scores
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H