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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-356	Release Notes
https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-148	Release Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/27/4	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:photon_os:3.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:photon_os:4.0:-::::::

History

18 Dec 2023, 17:27

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8
CWE		CWE-416
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:vmware:photon_os:4.0:-:::::: cpe:2.3:o:vmware:photon_os:3.0:-::::::
References	~~() https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-356 -~~	() https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-356 - Release Notes
References	~~() https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/27/4 -~~	() https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/27/4 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-148 -~~	() https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-148 - Release Notes

13 Dec 2023, 09:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-12-13 09:15

Updated : 2024-02-05 00:22

NVD link : CVE-2022-22942

Mitre link : CVE-2022-22942

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-22942

JSON object : View

Products Affected

vmware

photon_os

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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