CVE-2023-34059

HIGH

VMware Open VM Tools 11.0.0-12.2.9 - File Descriptor Hijack via vmware-user-suid-wrapper

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 23.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-404
Status published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
debian/debian_linux 12.0
vmware/open_vm_tools 11.0.0 - 12.3.0
Published Oct 27, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026