UBUNTU-CVE-2023-34059
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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-34059
Published: 26 Oct 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
Upstream:
Aliases:
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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-34059, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6463-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6463-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34059, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7714-1
Affected packages
Package
Name: open-vm-tools
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1
Affected versions
2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu1
2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu2
2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu4
2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu5
2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu6
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
