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    CVE-2017-16873

    It is possible to exploit an unsanitized PATH in the suid binary that ships with vagrant-vmware-fusion 4.0.25 through 5.0.4 in order to escalate to root privileges.

    Published:Mar 29, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Mar 29, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00047
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Hashicorp
    Product
    Vagrant Vmware Fusion

    Exploits

    https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716873-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-v4025504-local-root.htmlhttps://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716873-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-v4025504-local-root.html

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2017-12579 (CVSS 7.8) — An insecure suid wrapper binary in the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 4.0.…
    CVE-2017-11741 (CVSS 8.8) — HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) before 4.0.24 uses weak permissions for the…
    CVE-2017-7642 (CVSS 7.8) — The sudo helper in the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) before 4.0.21 allows…

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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