vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2021-3560
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 16, 2022 | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 16, 2022
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Sep 2, 2025
Description
It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privileges of the requestor to the root user. This flaw could be used by an unprivileged local attacker to, for example, create a new local administrator. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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