High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-34059

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.

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Affected products

VMware/Open VM Tools
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:open_vm_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: >=11.0.0,<=12.3.0
Debian/linux3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open-vm-tools/open-vm-toolsdescription
Open VM Tools/open-vm-toolsllm-create
osv-coords34 versions
pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-desktop pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-salt-minion pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-sdmp pkg:rpm/almalinux/open-vm-tools-test pkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5 pkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/open-vm-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.2 pkg:rpm/suse/open-vm-tools&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2
< 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1+ 33 more
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.5-3.el8_9.1.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.2.5-3.el9_3.2.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150100.4.37.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150200.5.16.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-4.62.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150100.4.37.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150200.5.16.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-4.62.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150100.4.37.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.3.5-150200.5.16.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 12.3.0-150300.43.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5543nvdThird Party Advisory
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.htmlnvdNot Applicable
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/26/1nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/1nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/G7G77Z76CQPGUF7VHRA6O3UFCMPPR4O2/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MQUOFQL2SNNNMKROQ3TZQY4HEYMNOIBW/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WLTKVTRKQW2GD2274H3UOW6XU4E62GSK/nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3nvd

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