CVE-2017-12579 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 1.5% (pctl 73)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
An insecure suid wrapper binary in the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 4.0.24 and earlier allows a non-root user to obtain a root shell.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 1.47% — more likely to be exploited than 73% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-427 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-10-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| hashicorp | vagrant vmware fusion |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 4.0.24 - Local Privilege Escalation | 2017-12-06 |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD