CVE-2022-22942

moderate-risk
Published 2023-12-13

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.

Do I need to act?

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13.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 86% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Photon Os
Photon Os

Affected Vendors

Vmware

References (6)

Release Notes https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-356
Release Notes https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-148
Mailing List https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/27/4
Release Notes https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-356
Release Notes https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-148
Mailing List https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/27/4
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 12/34 · Low
Exposure 7/34 · Low