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.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 2 - Core | open-vm-tools | 2023-10-30 23:59 | ALAS2-2023-2329 |
Amazon Linux 2023 | open-vm-tools | 2023-10-30 23:44 | ALAS2023-2023-423 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |