ghsa-q6p8-m5f4-4vmp
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-10-27 06:31
Modified
2023-11-27 12:30
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-34059"
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    "nvd_published_at": "2023-10-27T05:15:39Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-q6p8-m5f4-4vmp",
  "modified": "2023-11-27T12:30:54Z",
  "published": "2023-10-27T06:31:02Z",
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