CVE-2022-22942
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
13.5%
top 5.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 13
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages3 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-r3gf-pg53-xqph: The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes↗2023-12-13
OSV▶
CVE-2022-22942: The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes↗2023-12-13
CVEList▶
CVE-2022-22942: The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes↗2023-12-13