vmwgfx LPE via Dangling File Pointer
CVE-2022-22942 Published on December 13, 2023
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-22942 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
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Exploit Probability
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