CVE-2017-7642
HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion Path Verification Bypass Privilege Escalation
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 2, 2017, 7:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 3:32 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2017-7642.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
| https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/ | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
| https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/ | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-426 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 15, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md Release Notes, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html No Types Assigned https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE CWE-264 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant_vmware_fusion:4.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 12, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/ [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-7642 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-7642
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.00%
score
0.24693
percentile