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CVE-2023-34059 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.4 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3	CISA-ADP
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/G7G77Z76CQPGUF7VHRA6O3UFCMPPR4O2/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MQUOFQL2SNNNMKROQ3TZQY4HEYMNOIBW/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WLTKVTRKQW2GD2274H3UOW6XU4E62GSK/	CVE
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5543	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html	CVE	Not Applicable
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/26/1	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/1	CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
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	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html	[email protected]	Not Applicable
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
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]

see all 21 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]
CWE-404	Improper Resource Shutdown or Release	CISA-ADP

Affected Products

Product	Versions
vmware open vm tools	>= 11.0.0, <= 12.3.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	10.0 11.0 12.0
CPE 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:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Mar 6, 2025	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 27, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 26, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 8, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 6, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 1, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 27, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]