7.8high
CVE-2017-76421 exploit
The sudo helper in the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) before 4.0.21 allows local users to gain root pri…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.2%
percentile 69%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.23% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-42334 Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion < 4.0.20 - Local Privilege Escalation · local · 2017-07-18
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
References
- seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29 · mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, x_transferred
- github.com /hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- exploit-db.com /exploits/42334/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
- m4.rkw.io /blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-7642
- NVD: CVE-2017-7642
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