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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34059
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0024.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/3
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00002.html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5543
• 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/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WLTKVTRKQW2GD2274H3UOW6XU4E62GSK/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/26/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/27/1