CVE-2022-22942

HIGH 7.8EPSS 2.6%

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.

CVSS v3.1: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 2.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 84th 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

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