CVE-2022-22942

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    CVE-2022-22942

    Published: 13 Dec 2023Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    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

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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