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CVE-2023-34059

HIGH · CVSS 7.4 EPSS 0.40%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-10-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.4. It affects VMware, VMWare.

CVE
CVE-2023-34059
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.4
EPSS
0.40%
VMware VMWare

Original NVD 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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