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  "title": "open-vm-tools: open-vm-tools contains a file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper.\u00A0A malicious actor with...",
  "description": "open-vm-tools contains a file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper.\u00A0A malicious actor with non-root privileges may be able to hijack the  /dev/uinput file descriptor allowing them to simulate user inputs.",
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