CVE-2022-22942
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Dec 13, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 10, 2022
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | vmware |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Photon OSn/a |
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References
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