Privilege escalation via symbolic link following
Summary
Privilege escalation via symbolic link following. Red Hat rates this important (CVSS 8.8). Weakness: CWE-59.
What this means
In plain English
Privilege escalation via symbolic link following. Red Hat rates this important (CVSS 8.8). Weakness: CWE-59. Privilege escalation can let an existing user or process gain permissions beyond those originally granted.
Recommended action
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Affected versions
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Mitigation
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Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
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