CVE-2017-7642 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 1.2% (pctl 68)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
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 | 1.23% — more likely to be exploited than 68% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-426 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-08-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| hashicorp | vagrant vmware fusion |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion < 4.0.20 - Local Privilege Escalation | 2017-07-18 |
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md
- https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md
- https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/
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