CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-34059
7.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-10-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-404
Description
open-vm-tools contains a file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper. A malicious actor with non-root privileges may be able to hijack the
/dev/uinput file descriptor allowing them to simulate user inputs.
Affected configurations
• vmware open vm tools (>= 11.0.0 <= 12.3.0)
• debian debian linux 10.0
• debian debian linux 11.0
• debian debian linux 12.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/26/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/1 www.openwall.com
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/G7G77Z76CQPGUF7VHRA6O3UFCMPPR4O2/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MQUOFQL2SNNNMKROQ3TZQY4HEYMNOIBW/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WLTKVTRKQW2GD2274H3UOW6XU4E62GSK/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5543 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html Not Applicable
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/26/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/1 www.openwall.com
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/G7G77Z76CQPGUF7VHRA6O3UFCMPPR4O2/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MQUOFQL2SNNNMKROQ3TZQY4HEYMNOIBW/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WLTKVTRKQW2GD2274H3UOW6XU4E62GSK/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5543 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html Not Applicable
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3 www.openwall.com