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CVE-2023-34059

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-10-27
  • WeaknessCWE-404

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-10-2705:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 09:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
10.0= 10.0no fix published
11.0= 11.0no fix published
12.0= 12.0no fix published
Vmware open vm tools
BranchAffectedFixed in
12.3≥ 11.0.0, ≤ 12.3.0no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As vmware, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • open-vm-toolsother versions: not affected

    platforms: Linux

    Affected
    • ≥ 11.0.0, ≤ 12.3.0no fix statedcustom

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-11-27

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • open-vm-toolsUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm3
  • open-vm-toolsUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4
  • open-vm-toolsUbuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4+esm1
  • open-vm-toolsUbuntu:22.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.4
  • open-vm-toolsUbuntu:20.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7
  • open-vm-toolsTuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2all versions · fixed in 12.1.5-1.el9.3.alma.1.tuxcare.els1and 5 other packages
  • open-vm-toolsSUSE:Manager Server 4.2all versions · fixed in 12.3.0-150300.43.1
  • open-vm-toolsSUSE:Manager Proxy 4.2all versions · fixed in 12.3.0-150300.43.1

57 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Full record on NVD

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-10-27
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-q6p8-m5f4-4vmp

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-34059?

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.

Is CVE-2023-34059 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-34059, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-34059?

CVE-2023-34059 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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