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CVE-2022-22942

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22942 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the vmwgfx driver affecting VMware Photon OS. An unprivileged local attacker can exploit a dangling 'file' pointer to gain unauthorized access to files opened by other processes, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) and low attack complexity, this vulnerability has a Metasploit module available, indicating exploitability, though it is not currently listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List. Despite exploit code availability, there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:photon_os:3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:photon_os:4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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 Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: vmwgfx Driver File Descriptor Handling Priv Esc · Jan 28, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0258 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (25)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1160.59.1.rt56.1200.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kpatch-patch
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.59.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Advanced Update Support(Disable again in 2026 - SPRHEL-7118)Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-957.92.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Telco Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-957.92.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kpatch-patch
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-957.92.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1062.66.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Telco Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1062.66.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1062.66.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kpatch-patch
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-348.20.1.rt7.150.el8_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kpatch-patch
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-147.64.1.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kpatch-patch
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-193.79.1.rt13.129.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-193.79.1.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kpatch-patch
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-305.40.1.rt7.112.el8_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kpatch-patch
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-305.40.1.el8_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.3.22-20220330.1.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.4.10-202203101736_8.5
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-22942Important

kernel: failing usercopy allows for use-after-free exploitation

Jan 27, 2022

References

github.com / vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-356
Release Notes
github.com / vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-148
Release Notes
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/01/27/4
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