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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2016-10156

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 23, 2017
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

A flaw in systemd v228 in /src/basic/fs-util.c caused world writable suid files to be created when using the systemd timers features, allowing local attackers to escalate their privileges to root. This is fixed in v229.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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