# CVE-2022-36416: Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMware

> An authenticated local user can escalate privileges due to a protection mechanism failure in Intel Ethernet 500 Series drivers for VMware.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8xqw-f37j-96v8

## What is CVE-2022-36416?

CVE-2022-36416 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMware, published on 16 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Protection mechanism failure in the Intel(R) Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMware before version 1.10.0.13 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36416?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Vmware Ixgben.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-36416?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36416 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-36416 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36416 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMware

- [CVE-2022-36797](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36797/): Denial of service in Intel(R) Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMware (low 3.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-36416 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-36416 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMware, published on 16 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36416 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel(R) Ethernet 500 Series Controller drivers for VMware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36416/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36416/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-36416
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36416
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-36416

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36416/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.