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CVE-2017-7642 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29 CVEExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md CVERelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/ CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29 [email protected]ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-426Untrusted Search Path[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
hashicorp vagrant vmware fusion
<= 4.0.20

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-7642
NVD Published Date:
Aug 2, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-7642 Details - Not Deferred