Vulnerability · Published Dec 13, 2023 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2022-22942
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Photon OS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.6% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.6%top 14.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Metasploit
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools-libs-devel | 4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | ALSA-2022:0825 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.15.15-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22942 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.15.15-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22942 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.15.15-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22942 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | kernel | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 | RLSA-2022:0825 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | kernel-rt | 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.rt7.150.el8_5 | RLSA-2022:0819 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22942 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22942 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22942 |