CVE-2023-34059

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    CVE-2023-34059

    Published: 27 Oct 2023Last Modified: 28 Oct 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/26/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/1, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/G7G77Z76CQPGUF7VHRA6O3UFCMPPR4O2/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MQUOFQL2SNNNMKROQ3TZQY4HEYMNOIBW/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WLTKVTRKQW2GD2274H3UOW6XU4E62GSK/, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/34xxx/CVE-2023-34059.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34059, https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5543, https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 801d4b7f4978945aa0fd53259011e2da6345cc43
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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