{"id":"CVE-2023-34059","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-34059","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T05:59:35.305Z","title":"open-vm-tools contains a file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper.","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 \n/dev/uinput file descriptor allowing them to simulate user inputs.","published":"2023-10-27T05:15:39.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:02:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@vmware.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-404"],"affected":["vmware/open vm tools","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.00393,"percentile":0.33253,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/26/1","source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/1","source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G7G77Z76CQPGUF7VHRA6O3UFCMPPR4O2/","source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQUOFQL2SNNNMKROQ3TZQY4HEYMNOIBW/","source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WLTKVTRKQW2GD2274H3UOW6XU4E62GSK/","source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5543","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/26/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G7G77Z76CQPGUF7VHRA6O3UFCMPPR4O2/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQUOFQL2SNNNMKROQ3TZQY4HEYMNOIBW/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WLTKVTRKQW2GD2274H3UOW6XU4E62GSK/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5543","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3","source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34059","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}