vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2023-34059: open-vm-tools: file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 2023-10-27 | 2023-11-16 | 2025-01-28 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2023-10-27
Added
2023-11-16
Modified
2025-01-28
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.
Solution(s)
redhat-upgrade-open-vm-toolsredhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debuginforedhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktopredhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginforedhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-develredhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-salt-minionredhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmpredhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginforedhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-testredhat-upgrade-open-vm-tools-test-debuginfo
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