CVE-2022-22942

highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.026 · 85 %ileexploit · functionalDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

2.56% (85th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

36 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17highAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@vmware.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Fsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-416USprimaryCWE-416US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/linux/local/vmwgfx_fd_priv_escvmwgfx Driver File Descriptor Handling Priv Escfunctional · metasploit

affected products (36)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Juniper EX Seriesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:ex:-
Juniper EX Series 4100all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:ex:4100
Juniper EX Series 4400all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:ex:4400
Juniper EX Series 4600all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:ex:ex4600
Juniper EX Series EX9200all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:ex:ex9200
Juniper JUNOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:-
Juniper JUNOS ACX7024all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:acx7024
Juniper JUNOS ACX7100-32Call versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:acx7100-32c
Juniper JUNOS ACX7100-48Lall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:acx7100-48l
Juniper JUNOS Evolvedall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:evolved
Juniper JUNOS PTX Seriesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:ptx_series
Juniper Junos Space <24.1R2all versionscert_bundDE
Juniper MX Seriesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:mx:-
Juniper QFX Series 5000all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:qfx:qfx5000
Juniper SRX Seriesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:srx_service_gateways:-
Juniper Junos Space< 24.1R2cert_bundDE
n/a Photon OS≤ 3.0, 4.0enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 7fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 6fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-0055Linux Kernel: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2022-01-27csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
WID-SEC-W-2022-0515IBM Spectrum Protect: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-06-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM Spectrum Protect ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, seine Rechte zu erweitern oder beliebigen Code mit Root-Rechten auszuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2024-0064Juniper Produkte: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-01-10csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer aus dem angrenzenden Netzwerk oder ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter, lokaler oder physischer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Juniper JUNOS, Juniper JUNOS Evolved, Juniper SRX Series, Juniper EX Series, Juniper QFX Series, Juniper ACX Series, Juniper PTX Series und Juniper MX Series ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen und seine Berechtigungen zu erweitern.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-12-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (60)

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