CVE-2023-34059

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34059
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-34059.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-34059
Downstream
Related
Published
2023-10-27T04:53:31.893Z
Modified
2026-05-28T04:08:57.306791895Z
Severity
  • 7.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "11.0.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.3.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        }
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "vmware",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/34xxx/CVE-2023-34059.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Events
Database specific
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "11.0.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "12.3.0"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-34059.json"