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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2018-1083

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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2018-1083

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/28/2018
Created
01/21/2025
Added
01/20/2025
Modified
02/04/2025

Description

Zsh before version 5.4.2-test-1 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the shell autocomplete functionality. A local unprivileged user can create a specially crafted directory path which leads to code execution in the context of the user who tries to use autocomplete to traverse the before mentioned path. If the user affected is privileged, this leads to privilege escalation.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf

References

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