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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2019.1720 VMware Workstation update addresses a DLL-hijacking issue 15 May 2019 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: VMware Workstation Publisher: VMWare Operating System: Windows Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2019-5526 Original Bulletin: https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0007.html - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Advisory ID |VMSA-2019-0007 | |--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------| |Advisory |Moderate | |Severity | | |--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------| |CVSSv3 Range |6.0 | |--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------| |Synopsis |VMware Workstation update addresses a DLL-hijacking issue | | |(CVE-2019-5526) | |--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------| |Issue Date |2019-05-14 | |--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------| |Updated On |2019-05-14 (Initial Advisory) | |--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------| |CVE(s) |CVE-2019-5526 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1. Impacted Products * VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation) 2. Introduction VMware Workstation update addresses a DLL-hijacking issue: * CVE-2019-5526: VMware Workstation DLL hijacking vulnerability 3. VMware Workstation DLL hijacking vulnerability - CVE-2019-5526 Description: VMware Workstation contains a DLL hijacking issue because some DLL files are improperly loaded by the application. VMware's Security Engineering and Response (vSECR) organization has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 6.0. Known Attack Vectors: 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. Resolution: Update to Workstation 15.1.0 in order to resolve this issue. Workarounds: There are no workarounds for this issue. Additional Documentations: None. Acknowledgements: VMware would like to thank Boris Ryutin along with Miguel Mendez Zuniga and Claudio Cortes Cid of ElevenPaths labs in Chile and Spain for independently reporting this issue to us. Response Matrix: +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Product |Version|Running|CVE |CVSSV3|Severity|Fixed |Workarounds|Additional| | | |On |Identifier | | |Version| |Documents | |-----------+-------+-------+-------------+------+--------+-------+-----------+----------| |Workstation|15.x |Windows|CVE-2019-5526|6.0 |Moderate|15.1.0 |None |None | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 4. References Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file. Mitre CVE Dictionary Links: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5526 Fixed Version(s) and Release Notes: VMware Workstation Pro 15.1.0 Downloads and Documentation: https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadworkstation https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/index.html VMware Workstation Player 15.1.0 Downloads and Documentation: https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadplayer https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Player/index.html 5. Change log VMSA-2019-0007 - Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of Workstation 15.1.0 on 2019-05-14. 6. 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