CVE-2023-34059

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-404

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 27, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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