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CVE-2022-22942

Published: Dec 13, 2023

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

Photon OS

affected
3.0, 4.0

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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