PT-2017-12584 · Hashicorp+1 · Hashicorp Vagrant+1

M4Rkw + 1 · Published 2017-10-19 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-12579

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) versions 4.0.24 and earlier

Description The issue is related to an insecure suid wrapper binary, which allows a non-root user to obtain a root shell.

Recommendations For HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin versions 4.0.24 and earlier, update to a version later than 4.0.24 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-12579

Affected Products

Hashicorp Vagrant

Vmware Fusion

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/43223 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201712579-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-4024.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12579 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12579 · Vendor Advisory