CVE-2022-22942 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2022-22942 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 13/12/2023 | CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2022
Source: vmware | Vendor: n/a | Product: Photon OS
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2022-22942 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 7.8 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* LOCAL
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* LOW
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* UNCHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH
    Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH
    Availability Impact (A)* HIGH

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID:
CWE Name: Privilege escalation
Source: n/a

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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