{"cve":"CVE-2023-34059","nvd":{"published":"2023-10-27T05:15:39.013","modified":"2026-06-17T06:02:50.720","status":"Modified","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 \n/dev/uinput file descriptor allowing them to simulate user inputs.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.0},"cwes":["CWE-404"],"references":["http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/26/1","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/1","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.html"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","vmware:open_vm_tools"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:40:11.519948003+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-34059","score":0.00396,"percentile":0.33825,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}