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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a open-vm-tools
Default version status: unaffected
11.0.0 to ≤ 12.3.0affected
References
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2 ↗
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5543 ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.html ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WLTKVTRKQW2GD2274H3UOW6XU4E62GSK/ ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G7G77Z76CQPGUF7VHRA6O3UFCMPPR4O2/ ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQUOFQL2SNNNMKROQ3TZQY4HEYMNOIBW/ ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/26/1 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/1 ↗
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3 ↗