vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2017-7501

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 22, 2017
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Jul 14, 2025

Description

It was found that versions of rpm before 4.13.0.2 use temporary files with predictable names when installing an RPM. An attacker with ability to write in a directory where files will be installed could create symbolic links to an arbitrary location and modify content, and possibly permissions to arbitrary files, which could be used for denial of service or possibly privilege escalation.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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