vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2018-15687
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 26, 2018 | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 26, 2018
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
A race condition in chown_one() of systemd allows an attacker to cause systemd to set arbitrary permissions on arbitrary files. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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