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CVE-2023-34059

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.

Published

2023-10-27T05:15:39.013

Last Modified

2025-03-06T16:15:42.033

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.4 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo
Type: Secondary
CWE-404

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	vmware	open_vm_tools	≤ 12.3.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	11.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	12.0	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/26/1 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/1 ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/G7G77Z76CQPGUF7VHRA6O3UFCMPPR4O2/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MQUOFQL2SNNNMKROQ3TZQY4HEYMNOIBW/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WLTKVTRKQW2GD2274H3UOW6XU4E62GSK/ ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5543 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html Not Applicable ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/26/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/G7G77Z76CQPGUF7VHRA6O3UFCMPPR4O2/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MQUOFQL2SNNNMKROQ3TZQY4HEYMNOIBW/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WLTKVTRKQW2GD2274H3UOW6XU4E62GSK/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5543 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)