{
    "id": "CVE-2017-12579",
    "published": "2017-10-19 13:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:03:32",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-427",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.01467",
    "epss_percentile": "0.72977",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:15",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "hashicorp",
            "product": "vagrant_vmware_fusion"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "43223",
            "title": "Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 4.0.24 - Local Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2017-12-06",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43223"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201712579-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-4024.html",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43223/",
        "https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201712579-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-4024.html",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43223/"
    ]
}