CVE-2022-22942

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Photon OS	3.0, 4.0

References

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

Timeline

Published: Dec 13, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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