CVE-2023-34059 Information

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.

Reference

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