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…

High · published December 13, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
3%
Percentile
85.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02558 · 85.0th percentile
Published
2023-12-13T08:16Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 DEC 08:16Z
    The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes on the…
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