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.

Affected

Photon OS

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

EPSS

2.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 85th percentile

Published

2023-12-13

Updated

2024-08-03

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/vmwgfx_fd_priv_esc.rb

Security advisories

• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/27/4
• vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-356

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry