CVE-2023-34059

open-vm-tools contains a file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper

High · published October 27, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
32.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00393 · 32.3th percentile
Published
2023-10-27T04:53Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 OCT 04:53Z
    open-vm-tools contains a file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper
    cvelistv5