The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes on the system through a dangling 'file' pointer.
Product
VMware photon os vulnerabilities
4 published CVES affecting VMware photon os, from public sources (CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV).
- Total
- 4
- Critical
- 1
- High
- 2
- Medium
- 1
- Low
- 0
- Unscored
- 0
- CISA KEV
- 0
Latest VMware photon os CVEs
Newest publication first
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HighCVSS 7.8 EPSS 2.6% Framework module
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MediumCVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.98%
The SchedulerServer in Vmware photon allows remote attackers to inject logs through \r in the package parameter. Attackers can also insert malicious data and fake entries.
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HighCVSS 8.2 EPSS 1.7%
A flaw was found in grub2, prior to version 2.06. An attacker may use the GRUB 2 flaw to hijack and tamper the GRUB verification process. This flaw also allows the bypass of Secure Boot protections. In order to load an untrusted or modified kernel, an attacker would first need to...
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CriticalCVSS 9.8 EPSS 2.5%
VMware Photos OS OVA 1.0 before 2016-08-14 has a default SSH public key in an authorized_keys file, which allows remote attackers to obtain SSH access by leveraging knowledge of the private key.
Sources: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV and public exploit-reference metadata. Product matching comes from the published CVE records. A proof-of-concept means public code exists; it is not evidence of exploitation.