Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting open-vm-tools-test package, versions <0:11.0.5-3.el7_9.9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-OPENVMTOOLSTEST-6040786
  • published31 Oct 2023
  • disclosed26 Oct 2023

Introduced: 26 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-34059  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 open-vm-tools-test to version 0:11.0.5-3.el7_9.9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream open-vm-tools-test package and not the open-vm-tools-test package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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