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CISA-2023-34059

CISA-2023-34059 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.4 HIGH

Reported by vmware · Published October 27, 2023

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
n/aopen-vm-tools11.0.0
n/aopen-vm-tools11.0.0, 11.0.0

Timeline

  • Oct 27, 2023 CVE Published
  • Mar 6, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 26, 2026 Distribution Patch
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