CVE-2022-22942 HIGH

CVE-2022-22942

Vendor N/A
Product Photon OS
Published December 13, 2023
Last update August 3, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 13, 2023 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated