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High severity · published Aug 2, 2017
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…
7.8
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VV
Vagrant Vmware Fusion · Hashicorp
through 4.0.20 · source: NVD
Affected product
VV
Vagrant Vmware Fusion
Hashicorp
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7642
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7642
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29
Release Notes
https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md
Exploit
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/
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