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    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.

    Published:Aug 2, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Aug 2, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00385
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Hashicorp
    Product
    Vagrant Vmware Fusion

    Exploits

    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.htmlhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-38 Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2017-16512 (CVSS 7.8) — The vagrant update process in Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 5.0.2 through 5.0.4 allows local users to steal …
    CVE-2017-16873 (CVSS 7.8) — It is possible to exploit an unsanitized PATH in the suid binary that ships with vagrant-vmware-fusion 4.0.25 …
    CVE-2017-16839 (CVSS 7) — Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 5.0.4 allows local users to steal root privileges if VMware Fusion is not inst…
    CVE-2017-15884 (CVSS 7) — In HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 5.0.0, a local attacker or malware can s…
    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…

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High