CVE-2017-11741

moderate-risk
Published 2017-08-08

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) before 4.0.24 uses weak permissions for the sudo helper scripts, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by overwriting one of the scripts.

Do I need to act?

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0.31% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
43224
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Hashicorp

References (6)

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/0
Exploit https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201711741-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwar...
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43224/
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/0
Exploit https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201711741-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwar...
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43224/
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 27/34 · High
Exploitability 8/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal