CVE-2017-7642

moderate-risk
Published 2017-08-02

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.39% 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
42334
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Hashicorp

References (8)

Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29
Release Notes https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware...
Exploit https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmware...
Third Party Advisory https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29
Release Notes https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware...
Exploit https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmware...
Third Party Advisory https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal