CVE-2019-5525 | Date: (C)2019-06-11 (M)2023-12-22 |
VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0) contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) backend. A malicious user with normal user privileges on the guest machine may exploit this issue in conjunction with other issues to execute code on the Linux host where Workstation is installed.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
CVSS Score : 8.8 | CVSS Score : 7.2 |
Exploit Score: 2.0 | Exploit Score: 3.9 |
Impact Score: 6.0 | Impact Score: 10.0 |
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CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: LOCAL |
Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: LOW |
Privileges Required: LOW | Authentication: NONE |
User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: COMPLETE |
Scope: CHANGED | Integrity: COMPLETE |
Confidentiality: HIGH | Availability: COMPLETE |
Integrity: HIGH | |
Availability: HIGH | |
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