CVE-2023-34059 Privilege escalation in open-vm-tools

What is CVE-2023-34059?

CVE-2023-34059 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 27 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-404

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-34059?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Vmware Open Vm Tools.

How do I fix CVE-2023-34059?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2023-34059 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-34059 exists.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-31733, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-34059, GHSA-q6p8-m5f4-4vmp, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-34059.