vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2020-14342
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 9, 2020 | Jan 20, 2025 | Jul 28, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 9, 2020
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025
Description
It was found that cifs-utils' mount.cifs was invoking a shell when requesting the Samba password, which could be used to inject arbitrary commands. An attacker able to invoke mount.cifs with special permission, such as via sudo rules, could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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