CVE-2022-22942

2023-12-1309:15:33

CWE-416

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web.nvd.nist.gov

2848

vmwgfx

driver

local privilege escalation

vulnerability

cve-2022-22942

nvd

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

7.9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

31.3%

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.

Affected configurations

NVD

Node

vmwarephoton_osMatch3.0-

vmwarephoton_osMatch4.0-

CPENameOperatorVersion
vmware:photon_osvmware photon oseq3.0
vmware:photon_osvmware photon oseq4.0

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
vmware:photon_os	vmware photon os	eq	3.0
vmware:photon_os	vmware photon os	eq	4.0

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "product": "Photon OS",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "3.0, 4.0"
      }
    ]
  }
]