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CVE-2022-22942
published 2023-12-13

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 on the…

high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
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

11 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 5.15.15-2 (bookworm)linux 5.15.15-2 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.92-25.10.92-2
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.15-25.15.15-2
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.15-25.15.15-2
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.15-25.15.15-2
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-169.1774.15.0-169.177
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-100.1135.4.0-100.113
paloaltopan-os
vmwarephoton_os
vmwarephoton_os
vmwarephoton_os

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH