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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-34059

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-34059 PUBLISHED CVSS 7 HIGH

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

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14open-vm-tools0
Debian:12open-vm-tools0, 2:12.2.0-1, 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u1
Debian:13open-vm-tools0

Timeline

  • Oct 27, 2023 CVE Published
  • Oct 26, 2026 CVE Updated
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