USN-6463-1: open-vm-tools Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 31-10-2023Last modified 22-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-6463-1 is a vulnerability in open-vm-tools Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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0%100%
No EPSS score yet
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CVE-2023-34058CVE-2023-34059

Timeline

  1. 31-10-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

open-vm-tools vulnerabilities It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled SAML tokens. A remote attacker Guest Operations privileges could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2023-34058) Matthias Gerstner discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled file descriptors when dropping privileges. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to hijack /dev/uinput and simulate user inputs. (CVE-2023-34059)

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Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • open-vm-tools< 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7 | < 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.4

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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