CVE-2023-34059

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

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 26, 2023

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in open-vm-tools. This flaw allows a malicious actor with non-root privileges to hijack the /dev/uinput file descriptor, allowing them to simulate user inputs.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-266 · Incorrect Privilege Assignment