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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.

Published

2023-12-13T09:15:33.890

Last Modified

2024-11-21T06:47:39.040

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	vmware	photon_os	3.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	photon_os	4.0	Yes

References

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-356 Release Notes ([email protected])
https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-148 Release Notes ([email protected])
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/27/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-356 Release Notes (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-148 Release Notes (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/27/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)