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LIN1024-420 : Security Advisory - open-vm-tools - CVE-2023-34059

Created: Apr 29, 2024 Updated: Jan 7, 2026

Resolved Date: May 12, 2024

Found In Version: 10.24.33.1

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 24

Component/s: Userspace

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.

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) CVE-2023-34059 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34059)