CVE-2023-34059

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

27/10/2023

Last modified:

06/03/2025

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 <br /> /dev/uinput file descriptor allowing them to simulate user inputs.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.40 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x

7.40

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools::::::::	11.0.0 (including)	12.3.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2023-34059

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools