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.
EPSS: 0.012 (65.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Hashicorp Vagrant_vmware_fusion
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
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.