File Descriptor Hijack Vulnerability in Open-vm-tools by VMware
CVE-2023-34059

7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Vmware
Status
Open-vm-tools
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 October 2023

What is CVE-2023-34059?

The open-vm-tools package contains a potential vulnerability within the vmware-user-suid-wrapper component. A threat actor with non-root privileges may exploit this vulnerability to intercept and manipulate the /dev/uinput file descriptor, thereby simulating user inputs. This could lead to malicious control over the host environment, allowing unauthorized actions and user impersonations.

Affected Version(s)

open-vm-tools Linux 11.0.0 <= 12.3.0

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024...
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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