CVE-2017-7642 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00385.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Hashicorp	Vagrant Vmware Fusion

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant_vmware_fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-16647	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-02T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:12:27.868Z

Reserved: 2017-04-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-7642

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-02T19:29:00.867

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-7642

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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