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CVE-2023-34059

Date: October 26, 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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (14)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G7G77Z76CQPGUF7VHRA6O3UFCMPPR4O2/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/26/1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34059
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/1
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WLTKVTRKQW2GD2274H3UOW6XU4E62GSK/
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5543
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-34059
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQUOFQL2SNNNMKROQ3TZQY4HEYMNOIBW/
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-34059

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

CWE-404

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

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