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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2023-10-27T04:53:31.893Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:01:53.454Z

Reserved: 2023-05-25T17:21:56.204Z

Link: CVE-2023-34059

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-27T05:15:39.013

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:06:29.770

Link: CVE-2023-34059

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2023-10-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-34059 - Bugzilla