CVE-2023-34059 HIGH

CVE-2023-34059

Vendor N/A
Product open-vm-tools
Published October 27, 2023
Last update March 6, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.4/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 27, 2023 CVE published
March 6, 2025 Record updated