Global infos:

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.

CVE Status: Modified

References:

[email protected]

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Metrics:

Attribute	Value
Attack Complexity	LOW
Attack Vector	LOCAL
Availability Impact	HIGH
Base Score	7.8
Base Severity	HIGH
Confidentiality Impact	HIGH
Integrity Impact	HIGH
Privileges Required	NONE
Scope	UNCHANGED
User Interaction	REQUIRED
Vector String	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability Score	1.8
Impact Score	5.9
Source	[email protected]
Type	Primary

Links:

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