CVE-2022-22942

2022-01-2800:00:00

ubuntu.com

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

30.3%

JSON

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux-azure-5.13< 5.13.0-1014.16~20.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux-gkeop-5.15< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchlinux-azure-5.4< 5.4.0-1070.73~18.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchlinux-gke-5.4< 5.4.0-1063.66~18.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux-gkeop< 5.4.0-1034.35UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux-gkeop< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu21.10noarchlinux-riscv< 5.13.0-1012.14UNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchlinux< 4.15.0-169.177UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux< 5.4.0-100.113UNKNOWN
ubuntu21.10noarchlinux< 5.13.0-30.33UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux-azure-5.13	< 5.13.0-1014.16~20.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux-gkeop-5.15	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	linux-azure-5.4	< 5.4.0-1070.73~18.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	linux-gke-5.4	< 5.4.0-1063.66~18.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux-gkeop	< 5.4.0-1034.35	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux-gkeop	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	21.10	noarch	linux-riscv	< 5.13.0-1012.14	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	linux	< 4.15.0-169.177	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux	< 5.4.0-100.113	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	21.10	noarch	linux	< 5.13.0-30.33	UNKNOWN