CVE-2023-34059
HIGH7.0EPSS 0.08%Published: 10/27/2023Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/open-vm-toolsfrom 0, < 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |