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Photon OS 5.0: Sudo PHSA-2025-5.0-0544

critical Nessus Plugin ID 241057

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the sudo package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f57928e3

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 241057

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-0544_sudo.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Published: 7/1/2025

Updated: 10/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

Percentile: 99.87

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-32463

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-32462

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:5.0, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:sudo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/PhotonOS/release, Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/20/2025

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Sudo Chroot 1.9.17 Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463

IAVA: 2025-A-0465-S