CVE-2022-22942

HIGH7.8

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

Published Dec 13, 2023

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

Details

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.

References

WEBhttps://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-356 WEBhttps://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-148 ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22942 WEBhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/27/4

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

7.8/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 13, 2023

ModifiedAug 3, 2024