CVE-2017-7642

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    CVE-2017-7642

    Published: 2 Aug 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: , https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29, https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    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