Vulnerability Details 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 system through a dangling 'file' pointer.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.14
EPSS Ranking 93.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
References
- https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-356
- https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-148
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/27/4
- https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-356
- https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-148
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/27/4