Vulnerability in Hashicorp Vagrant VMware Fusion
CVE-2017-7642
The sudo helper in the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) before 4.0.21 allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging failure to verify the path to the encoded ruby script or scrub the PATH variable.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (67.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-change… (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-7642?
- CVE-2017-7642 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vagrant VMware Fusion, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-08-02.
- How severe is CVE-2017-7642?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.