CVE-2023-34059

CVSS 3.1 Score 7.0 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Oct 27, 2023
Updated: Nov 27, 2023

Summary

CVE-2023-34059 is a new vulnerability affecting open-vm-tools, an open-source toolkit for running unmodified Linux guest operating systems under VMware. The issue lies in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper, where a file descriptor hijack vulnerability has been discovered. With non-root privileges, an attacker can manipulate the /dev/uinput file descriptor, allowing them to simulate user inputs and potentially gain unauthorized access or control over the system. This vulnerability could lead to serious security implications and should be addressed promptly by system administrators.

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